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Complications in the Performance of Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy. What Can Co Wrong? How do Complications Have to Be Managed?

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The operative removal of the gallbladder is a standard and one of the most often performed procedures in general and visceral surgical hospital departments. The operation is indicated in cases of gallbladder stones creating disease symptoms and pain, in cases of acute infection of the gallbladder with or without stones and in cases of adenomatous structures in the gallbladder that may develop malignity [1, 2]

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  1. Second Surgical department, Red Cross Hospital, Hannover, Germany

    G. Quast MD

  2. Red Cross Hospital, Hannover, Germany

    A. Kuthe MD (Chairman of Surgical Department)

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  1. 2nd Surgical Department and Surgical Oncology Unit, Red Cross Hospital, Athens, Greece

    Constantine Ch. Karaliotas MD, PhD (Chairman) (Chairman)

  2. Department of General Surgery and Transplantation, University Clinic Essen, Germany

    Christoph E. Broelsch MD, FACS (Professor and Chairman) (Professor and Chairman)

  3. Hepatobiliary Surgery, Imperial College, Hammersmith Hospital, London, UK

    Nagy A. Habib ChM, FRCS (Professor) (Professor)

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Quast, G., Kuthe, A. (2006). Complications in the Performance of Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy. What Can Co Wrong? How do Complications Have to Be Managed?. In: Karaliotas, C.C., Broelsch, C.E., Habib, N.A. (eds) Liver and Biliary Tract Surgery. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-211-49277-2_13

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