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01-12-2013 | Letter to the Editor

Is the routine use of intraoperative cholangiography during laparoscopic cholecystectomy really the key to lowering bile duct injuries?

Authors: Giuseppe Spinoglio, Alessandra Marano

Published in: Surgical Endoscopy | Issue 12/2013

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Title: Is the routine use of intraoperative cholangiography during laparoscopic cholecystectomy really the key to lowering bile duct injuries?
Authors: Giuseppe Spinoglio
Alessandra Marano
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/s00464-013-3110-5

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