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  1. Cleveland Clinic Florida, Weston, FL, USA

    Steven D. Wexner MD, FACS, FRCS, FRCS (Ed) (21st Century Oncology Chair in Colorectal Surgery Chairman, Department of Colorectal Surgery Chief of Staff, Professor of Surgery and Clinical Professor of Surgery) (21st Century Oncology Chair in Colorectal Surgery Chairman, Department of Colorectal Surgery Chief of Staff, Professor of Surgery and Clinical Professor of Surgery)

  2. Ohio State University Health Sciences Center at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Columbus, OH, USA

    Steven D. Wexner MD, FACS, FRCS, FRCS (Ed) (21st Century Oncology Chair in Colorectal Surgery Chairman, Department of Colorectal Surgery Chief of Staff, Professor of Surgery and Clinical Professor of Surgery) (21st Century Oncology Chair in Colorectal Surgery Chairman, Department of Colorectal Surgery Chief of Staff, Professor of Surgery and Clinical Professor of Surgery)

  3. University of South Florida College of Medicine, Tampa, FL, USA

    Steven D. Wexner MD, FACS, FRCS, FRCS (Ed) (21st Century Oncology Chair in Colorectal Surgery Chairman, Department of Colorectal Surgery Chief of Staff, Professor of Surgery and Clinical Professor of Surgery) (21st Century Oncology Chair in Colorectal Surgery Chairman, Department of Colorectal Surgery Chief of Staff, Professor of Surgery and Clinical Professor of Surgery)

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    Steven D. Wexner MD, FACS, FRCS, FRCS (Ed) (21st Century Oncology Chair in Colorectal Surgery Chairman, Department of Colorectal Surgery Chief of Staff, Professor of Surgery and Clinical Professor of Surgery) (21st Century Oncology Chair in Colorectal Surgery Chairman, Department of Colorectal Surgery Chief of Staff, Professor of Surgery and Clinical Professor of Surgery)

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Jorge, J.M.N. (2006). Initial Evaluation of Constipation. In: Wexner, S.D., Duthie, G.S. (eds) Constipation. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84628-275-1_5

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