Laparoscopy in Liver Transplantation: The Future has Arrived.

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Published in HPB Surg on August 07, 2012

Authors

Quirino Lai1, Rafael S Pinheiro, Giovanni B Levi Sandri, Gabriele Spoletini, Fabio Melandro, Nicola Guglielmo, Marco Di Laudo, Fabrizio M Frattaroli, Pasquale B Berloco, Massimo Rossi

Author Affiliations

1: Department of General Surgery and Organ Transplantation, Sapienza University of Rome, Umberto I Policlinic of Rome, Viale del Policlinico 155, 00161 Rome, Italy.

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