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  1. Department of Surgery, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan

    S. David Nathanson MD, FRCS, FACS & Donald L. Morton MD, FACS

  2. Department of Surgery School of Medicine, East Carolina University, Pittsburgh

    Lorraine Tafra MD

  3. John Wayne Cancer Institute, Santa Monica

    Peter J. Bostick MD & Donald L. Morton MD, FACS

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Nathanson, S.D., Tafra, L., Morton, D.L. et al. Letter to the Editor. Ann Surg Oncol 6, 514 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10434-999-0514-5

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