Laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) is now the method of choice in treatment of symptomatic gallstone disease. Despite its rapidly growing popularity, comparative costs of this new method and open cholecystectomy (OC) remain unclear. The most outstanding feature of laparoscopic cholecystectomy is the
Clinical and Financial Aspects of Cholecystectomy: Laparoscopic Versus Open Technique
โ Scribed by Hieronymus P.J.D. Stevens; Marjan van de Berg; Coert H. Ruseler; Jack C.J. Wereldsma
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 311 KB
- Volume
- 21
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0364-2313
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