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Purse-string rupture: pitfalls of transanal total mesorectal excision (Cecil approach)

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  1. Gastrointestinal Surgery Department, Hospital Clínic, C/Villaroel, 170, 08036, Barcelona, Spain

    B. Martin-Perez, A. Otero-Piñeiro & A. M. Lacy

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Martin-Perez, B., Otero-Piñeiro, A. & Lacy, A.M. Purse-string rupture: pitfalls of transanal total mesorectal excision (Cecil approach). Tech Coloproctol 22, 393–394 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10151-018-1797-y

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