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Letter to the Editor concerning Schmedding et al.: Decentralised surgery of abdominal wall defects in Germany (Pediatr Surg Int (2020) 36:569–578)

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  1. Clinic for Paediatric Surgery and Urology (ERN eUROGEN Member), Bremen, Germany

    Eberhard Schmiedeke

  2. AIMAR (The Italian Parents and Patients Organization for Anorectal Malformation), Rome, Italy

    Dalia Aminoff

  3. SoMA (German Patients and Parents’ Organizations for Anorectal Malformations and Hirschsprung Disease), Munich, Germany

    Nicole Schwarzer

  4. EAT (The Federation of Esophageal Atresia and Tracheo-Esophageal Fistula Support Groups), Stuttgart, Germany

    Graham Slater

  5. CDH UK & Founding Member of IDEA Alliance, Norfolk, UK

    Beverley Power

  6. KEKS (Children and Adults with Oesophageal Conditions), Stuttgart, Germany

    Anke Widenmann-Grolig

  7. Division of Pediatric Urology Radboud, UMC Amalia Children’s Hospital, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

    Wout Feitz

  8. Clinic for Paediatric Surgery (ERN ERNICA Member), University Medical Centre Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany

    Lucas Wessel

  9. Department of Pediatric Surgery, Sophia Children’s Hospital, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

    René Wijnen

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Schmiedeke, E., Aminoff, D., Schwarzer, N. et al. Letter to the Editor concerning Schmedding et al.: Decentralised surgery of abdominal wall defects in Germany (Pediatr Surg Int (2020) 36:569–578). Pediatr Surg Int 36, 1117–1119 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00383-020-04717-w

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