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Laparoscopic Common Bile Duct Exploration in Patients with a Previous History of Biliary Tract Surgery
Published on: February 10, 2023
[Laparoscopic treatment of common bile duct stones]
1Service de chirurgie viscérale et digestive, université Montpellier-I, hôpital Saint-Eloi, 80, avenue Augustin-Fliche, 34295 Montpellier 5, France.
Annales De Chirurgie
|January 7, 2004
Abstract:
Whether for a diagnostic evaluation or for the treatment of common bile duct lithiasis, the laparoscopic approach is the most efficient method compared with the other alternatives. The authors describe in the present article the method to treat laparoscopically common bile duct lithiasis.
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