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ASO Author Reflections: Is the Era of Blind Breast Surgery Coming to an End? IOUS (Intra-Operative Ultrasound-guided Surgery)

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  1. Breast Surgery Unit, Veneto Institute of Oncology IOV, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS), Padua, Italy

    Massimo Ferrucci MD, PhD & Alberto Marchet MD

  2. General Surgery, Department of Surgery, Oncology and Gastroenterology, University of Padua, Padua, Italy

    Francesco Milardi MD

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Ferrucci, M., Milardi, F. & Marchet, A. ASO Author Reflections: Is the Era of Blind Breast Surgery Coming to an End? IOUS (Intra-Operative Ultrasound-guided Surgery). Ann Surg Oncol 30, 6217–6218 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-023-14007-z

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