Needlescopic versus laparoscopic cholecystectomy: a prospective study of 60 patients Colecistectomia agulhascópica versus colecistectomia laparoscópica: um estudo prospectivo de 60 pacientes

PURPOSE: To test the hypothesis that needlescopic cholecystectomies (NC) offer superior outcomes in comparison to common laparoscopic cholecystectomies (LC). METHODS: Sixty consecutive patients with gallbladder disease undergoing either LC or NC were evaluated with respect to differences in operativ...

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Main Authors: Pedro Henrique Oliveira Cabral, Ivan Tramujas da Costa e Silva, Janaína Vieira Melo, Felicidad Santos Gimenez, Celso Rômulo Barbosa Cabral, Ana Paula Calheiros de Lima
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira para o Desenvolvimento da Pesquisa em Cirurgia 2008-12-01
Series:Acta Cirúrgica Brasileira
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-86502008000600012

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