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\*Address all correspondence to: fatihaltintoprak@yahoo.com

1 Istinye University Faculty of Medicine, Department of General Surgery, Istanbul, Turkey

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2 Sakarya University Research and Educational Hospital, Department of General Surgery, Sakarya, Turkey
