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Pearl, J.P., Price, R.R., Tonkin, A.E. et al. SAGES guidelines for the use of laparoscopy during pregnancy. Surg Endosc 31, 3767–3782 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00464-017-5637-3

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