Overutilization of surgery for the resection of benign colorectal lesions: the hidden reasons for inappropriate referral!

CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Endosc Int Open 2021; 09(05): E713-E715
DOI: 10.1055/a-1373-5176

Editorial

Mathieu Pioche

¹Hepatogastroenterology division, Edouard Herriot Hospital, Hospices civils de Lyon, France

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Eddy Cotte

²Department of digestive and oncological surgery, Lyon Sud Hospital, Hospices Civils de Lyon, France

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Cesare Hassan

³Department of gastroenterology and endoscopy, Nuovo Regina Margherita Hospital Rome, Italy

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