Retrospective and prospective multi-institutional laparoscopic cholecystectomy study organized by the Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons.

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Published in Surg Endosc on October 06, 1992

Authors

M Airan1, M Appel, G Berci, A J Coburg, M Cohen, A Cuschieri, T Dent, D Duppler, D Easter, F Greene

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1: Abington Memorial Hospital, PA.

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