Gallbladder carcinoma post gallbladder-preserving cholecystolithotomy: a case report
Shunda Du1, Ling Zhu1, Xinting Sang1
1The Department of Liver Surgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, China.
Hepatobiliary Surgery and Nutrition
|February 27, 2014
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