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Author reply to technical comment

Vol. 148 No. 0102 (2018)

Reply to technical comment on: Güller et al. Lower hospital volume is associated with higher mortality after oesophageal, gastric, pancreatic and rectal cancer resection

  • Ulrich Güller
  • Rene Warschkow
  • Christoph Jakob Ackermann
  • Bruno M. Schmied
  • Thomas Cerny
  • Silvia Ess
DOI
https://doi.org/10.4414/smw.2018.14583
Cite this as:
Swiss Med Wkly. 2018;148:w14583
Published
04.01.2018

References

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