Cohort cholecystectomies in the Brazilian public system: is access to laparoscopy universal after three decades?

ABSTRACT Objective: videosurgery in Brazil started in 1990 with the performance of laparoscopic cholecystectomy, being included by the public health system in 2008. We evaluated the current situation of the use of this technology in the Unified Health System (SUS - Sistema Único de Saúde). Method...

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Main Authors: JOSÉ GUSTAVO OLIJNYK, ISABELLE GARIBALDI VALANDRO, MARCELA RODRIGUES, MAURO ANTÔNIO CZEPIELEWSKI, LEANDRO TOTTI CAVAZZOLA
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Language:English
Published: Colégio Brasileiro de Cirurgiões 2022-07-01
Series:Revista do Colégio Brasileiro de Cirurgiões
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-69912022000100222&tlng=en