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01-08-2008 | Editorial

Common sense and common bile duct injury: common bile duct injury revisited

Author: Richard M. Vazquez

Published in: Surgical Endoscopy | Issue 8/2008

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Among the accepted precepts of medical and surgical care that have stood the test of time are Primum non nocere and the mentor’s admonition that, “If you can’t find a structure you are trying to identify and preserve, you might have already cut it!” A more eloquent restatement of the mentor’s admonition would be: “The certain preservation of an anatomic structure requires careful dissection and exposition of the integrity of the structure during the conduct of an operative procedure.” …

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Title: Common sense and common bile duct injury: common bile duct injury revisited
Author: Richard M. Vazquez
Publication date: 01-08-2008
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: Surgical Endoscopy / Issue 8/2008
Print ISSN: 0930-2794
Electronic ISSN: 1432-2218
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00464-008-0045-3

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