Cholelithiasis and gallbladder contractility after gastrectomy.
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Gallbladder pathologies and cholelithiasis.
OBJECTIVE Cholecystectomy, mostly due to cholelithiasis is one of the most common surgical procedures utilizing a significant amount of healthcare resources. As there are a huge number of cases, for example approximately 300 cases per year in our region, outlines this commonly encountered lesion should be recorded. Also, in an attempt to delineate the outline of the pattern, age and sex distrib...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Japanese Journal of Gastroenterological Surgery
سال: 1988
ISSN: 0386-9768,1348-9372
DOI: 10.5833/jjgs.21.1985