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  1. Academic Department of Surgery, University of Birmingham, Room 26, 4th Floor, Heritage Building, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TH, UK

    D. Nepogodiev & T. D. Pinkney

  2. Leeds Institute of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK

    S. J. Chapman

  3. Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust, Exeter, UK

    N. J. Smart

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Nepogodiev, D., Chapman, S.J., Smart, N.J. et al. Meta-analysis protocols should be prospectively registered. Tech Coloproctol 21, 483–485 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10151-017-1602-3

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