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P Mroczkowski¹, C J Bruns²

¹Klinik für Allgemein-, Viszeral- und Gefäßchirurgie, Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg, Leipziger Straße 44, 39120, Magdeburg, Deutschland. pawel.mroczkowski@med.ovgu.de.

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