Informed surgical consent during the COVID-19 pandemic: Exploring the risk of unknown
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Pankaj Kumar Garg MCh
Department of Surgical Oncology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rishikesh, India
Correspondence Pankaj K. Garg, MCh, Department of Surgical Oncology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rishikesh 249203, Uttarakhand.
Email: [email protected] and [email protected]
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Department of Surgical Oncology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rishikesh, India
Search for more papers by this authorDeepti Choudhary MS
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rishikesh, India
Search for more papers by this authorSai Yendamuri MD
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York
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Pankaj Kumar Garg MCh
Department of Surgical Oncology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rishikesh, India
Correspondence Pankaj K. Garg, MCh, Department of Surgical Oncology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rishikesh 249203, Uttarakhand.
Email: [email protected] and [email protected]
Search for more papers by this authorPallvi Kaul MS
Department of Surgical Oncology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rishikesh, India
Search for more papers by this authorDeepti Choudhary MS
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rishikesh, India
Search for more papers by this authorSai Yendamuri MD
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York
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