The Sisyphean tasks of avoiding case cancellation

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  • Martin Schuster Department of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care, Emergency Medicine and Pain Therapy, Fürst-Stirum-Klinik Bruchsal Gutleutstr. 1-14 76646 Bruchsal Germany

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https://doi.org/10.5489/cuaj.1256

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2013-06-12

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Schuster, M. (2013). The Sisyphean tasks of avoiding case cancellation. Canadian Urological Association Journal, 7(5-6), 174–5. https://doi.org/10.5489/cuaj.1256

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Vol. 7 No. 5-6 (2013): CUAJ June 2013

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