## Abstract ## Introduction The results of laparoscopic cholecystectomy performed as an outpatient procedure were evaluated in a prospective study. ## Methods Initially, only well motivated and healthy patients were offered outpatient laparoscopic cholecystectomy. After 50 procedures, all patien
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy as an outpatient procedure
β Scribed by David Lam; Rodrigo Miranda; Shirley J Hom
- Book ID
- 114354364
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 374 KB
- Volume
- 185
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1072-7515
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