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vol. 6 no. 1
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History
- Received April 27, 2021
- Accepted August 21, 2021
- Published online November 18, 2021.
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Author Information
- Amber Himmler1,
- Monica Eulalia Galarza Armijos2,3,
- Jeovanni Reinoso Naranjo2,3,
- Sandra Gioconda Peña Patiño3,
- Doris Sarmiento Altamirano4,5,
- Nube Flores Lazo2,3,
- Raul Pino Andrade2,3,
- Hernán Sacoto Aguilar2,6,
- Lenin Fernández de Córdova2,7,
- Cecibel Cevallos Augurto2,3,
- Nakul Raykar8,
- Juan Carlos Puyana9,
- Juan Carlos Salamea2,6
- 1Department of Surgery, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, Washington DC, District of Columbia, USA
- 2Department of Surgery, Hospital Vicente Corral Moscoso Cuenca, Cuenca, Ecuador
- 3College of Medicine, Universidad de Cuenca, Cuenca, Ecuador
- 4College of Medicine, University of Azuay, Cuenca, Ecuador
- 5Department of Surgery, Hospital Jose Carrasco Arteaga, Cuenca, Ecuador
- 6College of Medicine, Universidad de Azuay, Cuenca, Ecuador
- 7College of Medicine, Universidad Católica de Cuenca, Cuenca, Ecuador
- 8Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- 9Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
- Correspondence to Dr Amber Himmler, Department of Surgery, Washington, 20010, USA; amberhimmler{at}gmail.com