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Bökkerink, W.J., van Laarhoven, C.J. & Koning, G.G. Comment to: Update with level 1 studies of the European Hernia Society guidelines on the treatment of inguinal hernia in adult patients, Miserez M et al. DOI 10.1007/s10029-014-1236-6. Hernia 18, 771–772 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10029-014-1266-0
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