Incidental surgical finding of electrocoagulation syndrome after large polypectomy
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Abstract is not required for Clinical Imagesis not required for Clinical Images (This page in not part of the published article.) International Journal of Case Reports and Images, Vol. 7 No. 10, October 2016. ISSN – [0976-3198] Int J Case Rep Images 2016;7(10):677–679. www.ijcasereportsandimages.com Zippi et al. 677 CASE REPORT OPEN ACCESS Incidental surgical finding of electrocoagulation syndrome after large polypectomy Maddalena Zippi, Marzano Chiara, Occhigrossi Giuseppe, Giampiero Traversa
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