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Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy
Data on laparoscopic cholecystectomy detailed by R.G. Manning and co-authors
June 22nd, 2009
"We address the controversial issue of whether or not it is wise to perform and train laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) in a developing nation by reviewing the results of the first large series done in Afghanistan. Afghanistan has been devastated by 3 decades of war leaving it with deficiencies in training programs, medical technologies, and overall medical infrastructure that are among the worst in the developing world," scientists writing in the journal Annals of Surgery report. "We retrospectively reviewed 137 consecutive cholecystectomies, 102 laparoscopic and 35 open, performed by 4 senior and 3 junior surgeons trained at our hospital in Kabul from July 2005...
Source: Gastroenterology Week (2009-06-22)
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