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Laparoscopic colorectal surgery

By YOUR DOSE OF MEDICINE | By Charles C. Chante MD | January 9, 2005 - 12:00am

Few, if any, major surgical trials have caused as much of a stir as the Clinical Outcomes of Surgical Therapy (COST) study. The release of the long-awaited results in May marked the beginning of a new, minimally...

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