Laparoscopic subtotal cholecystectomy wi
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I. Sinha; M. Lawson Smith; P. Safranek; T. Dehn; M. Booth
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Article
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2007
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract ## Background Cholecystectomy is made hazardous by distortion of the anatomy of Calot's triangle by acute or chronic inflammation. Laparoscopic subtotal cholecystectomy (LSTC) without cystic duct ligation is an alternative to conversion to open surgery in difficult cases. ## Methods