Transanal Endoscopic Microsurgery: A Review

D. Casadesus

doi:10.1055/s-2005-921212

Endoscopy, Table of Contents

Endoscopy 2006; 38(4): 418-423
DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-921212

Review

Transanal Endoscopic Microsurgery: A Review

D. Casadesus¹

¹ Coloproctology Department, Calixto Garcia University Hospital, Havana, Cuba

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