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and confirm that these approaches will certainly keep developing in the years to come for the good of
our patients. Finally I would like to thank the Mini-invasive Surgery Journal, its editorial Board and
the Assistant Editor Ms. Anne Niu, for honoring me with the invitation to serve as Guest Editor for this
Special Issue.

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Alvarez FA contributed solely to this preface.

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