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  1. Department of General Surgery, Virginia Commonwealth, University Medical Center, 1200 E. Broad Street, P.O. Box 980519, Richmond, VA, 23298, USA

    A. M. Carbonell

  2. Carolinas Laparoscopic and Advanced Surgery Program Department of General Surgery, Carolinas Medical Center, 1000 Blythe Boulevard, MEB #601, Charlotte, NC, 28203, USA

    K. W. Kercher, R. F. Sing & B. T. Heniford

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Carbonell, A.M., Kercher, K.W., Sing, R.F. et al. The authors reply. Surg Endosc 19, 1670 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00464-005-0103-z

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