Laparoscopic Surgery with Benign Features of Retrorectal Mass: A Report of Two Cases

Address for Correspondence/Yazışma Adresi: Sadettin Er MD University of Health Science, Ankara Numune Training and Research Hospital, Clinic of General Surgery/Colorectal Surgery, Ankara, Turkey Phone: +90 505 779 79 29 E-mail: ersadettin74@gmail.com ORCID ID: orcid.org/0000-0003-0712-3153 Received/Geliş Tarihi: 11.07.2017 Accepted/Kabul Tarihi: 17.08.2017 ©Copyright 2018 by Turkish Society of Colon and Rectal Surgery Turkish Journal of Colorectal Disease published by Galenos Publishing House. DOI: 10.4274/tjcd.57625 Turk J Colorectal Dis 2018;28:31-33 CASE REPORT

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