[Gallbladder ablation with a laser in an animal model]

Rafael José Jover Clos1, Germán Oscar Javurek, Juan Pablo Alamo

  • 1Unidad Hospitalaria de Cirugía n.° 1, Hospital Nacional de Clínicas, Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, República Argentina. joverclos@hotmail.com

Cirugia Espanola
|December 17, 2011
PubMed
Summary

Diode laser ablation successfully removed gallbladders in rabbits, leaving only a scar. This non-surgical method shows promise for gallbladder removal, outperforming ethanol and saline treatments.

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