EXPECTANT MANAGEMENT OR CHOLECYSTECTOMY IN ASYMPTOMATIC CHOLELITHIASIS.

Arq Bras Cir Dig

Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Department of Surgery, Digestive Surgery Service - Porto Alegre (RS), Brazil.

Published: December 2024


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