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  1. University of Freiburg Medical School, Germany

    Ulrich Schöffel MD (Associate Professor of Surgery)

  2. Department of Surgery, University of Freiburg, Germany

    Ulrich Schöffel MD (Associate Professor of Surgery)

  3. Red-Cross Hospital Lindenberg, Jägerstr.41, 88161, Lindenberg, Germany

    Ulrich Schöffel MD (Associate Professor of Surgery)

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  1. Department of Surgery B, Rambam Health Care Campus, Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, 31906, Israel

    Ahmad Assalia MD (Deputy Director) (Deputy Director)

  2. The Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, 31906, Israel

    Ahmad Assalia MD (Deputy Director) (Deputy Director)

  3. Division of Laparoscopic and Bariatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, Joan and Standford I. Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York Presbyterian Hospital-Weill Cornell Medical Center, 525 East 68th Street, Mailbox 294, New York, NY, 10021, USA

    Michel Gagner MD, FRCSC, FACS (Professor of Surgery) (Professor of Surgery)

  4. Surgical Specialties of Keokuk, 1425 Morgan Street, Keokuk, IA, 52632, USA

    Moshe Schein MD, FACS, FCS (SA) (Professor of Surgery) (Professor of Surgery)

  5. Weill College of Medicine, Cornell University, New York

    Moshe Schein MD, FACS, FCS (SA) (Professor of Surgery) (Professor of Surgery)

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Schöffel, U. (2006). Commentary. In: Assalia, A., Gagner, M., Schein, M. (eds) Controversies in Laparoscopic Surgery. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-30964-0_41

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