## 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
Outpatient laparoscopic cholecystectomy
β Scribed by W. S. Richardson, G. S. Fuhrman, E. Burch, J. S. Bolton, J. C. Bowen
- Book ID
- 120911467
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2001
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 276 KB
- Volume
- 15
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0930-2794
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