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Volume 192, Issue 6 , Pages 699-704 , December 2006

The Southwestern Surgical Congress: a seal of approval

Presented at the 58th Annual Meeting of the Southwestern Surgical Congress, Kauai, Hawaii, April 3–7, 2006

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