## Herniation at the site of cannula insertion after laparoscopic cholecystectomy Letter 1 ## Sir We read with interest the recent Case Report by Messrs McMillan and Watt (Br J Surg 1993; 80: 915). We have previously reported the complication of small bowel herniation through the umbilical woun
Complicated Appendicitis: Laparoscopic or Conventional Surgery?
β Scribed by Boris Kirshtein; Michael Bayme; Sergey Domchik; Solly Mizrahi; Leonid Lantsberg
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 61 KB
- Volume
- 31
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0364-2313
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