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Department of Colorectal Surgery, John Radcliffe Hospital, OX3 9DU, Oxford, England
M. Thompson-Fawcett
Coloproctology Unit, Villa Flaminia, Via L. Bodio, 58, 00191, Rome, Italy
M. Pescatori
Division of Colon & Rectal Surgery Department of Surgery, University of Miami School of Medicine, 33101, Miami, Florida, USA
M. A. Martini

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Thompson-Fawcett, M., Pescatori, M. & Martini, M.A. Correspondence. Int J Colorect Dis 10, 234–236 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00346227

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