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Kidney cyst decortication may relieve chronic pain

Orlando, FL-A study from Washington University, St. Louis, may have torpedoed a long-standing misconception concerning the pain-relieving benefits of kidney cyst decortication, while at the same time, raising a question whose answer could have important clinical implications.

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