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Surgical Endoscopy
Published in: Surgical Endoscopy 12/2013

01-12-2013 | Letter to the Editor

Letter to the editors

Author: Robert C. Hall

Published in: Surgical Endoscopy | Issue 12/2013

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In their editorial, “Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy: First Do No Harm; Second, Take Care of Bile Duct Stones” [1], the authors call for extensive retraining of surgeons to reduce bile duct injuries, which afflict 3,000 patients every year in the United States. At the same time, they readily admit “it is unlikely that bile duct injuries will ever be completely eliminated because inflammation and anatomic variation distort and obscure the anatomy” [1]. …
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Metadata
Title
Letter to the editors
Author
Robert C. Hall
Publication date
01-12-2013
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Surgical Endoscopy / Issue 12/2013
Print ISSN: 0930-2794
Electronic ISSN: 1432-2218
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00464-013-3109-y

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