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A gastric feeding tube as a non-traumatic fistula probe during anal fistula repair

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Van den Broeck, T., de Gheldere, C. A gastric feeding tube as a non-traumatic fistula probe during anal fistula repair. Tech Coloproctol 22, 383–384 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10151-018-1790-5

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