Indications de la laparoscopie en chirurgie générale et digestive. Recommandations factuelles de la Société française de chirurgie digestive (SFCD)

Annales de Chirurgie - Tập 131 Số 2 - Trang 125-148 - 2006
F. Peschaud1, Antônio José Lopes Alves1, Stéphane Berdah1, Réza Kianmanesh1, C. Laurent1, Jean‐Yves Mabrut1, C. Mariette1, G. Meurette1, N. Pirrò1, Nicolas Veyrie1, K. Slim1
1Service de chirurgie générale et digestive, CHU de Clermont-Ferrand, Hôtel-Dieu, boulevard Léon-Malfreyt, 63058 Clermont-Ferrand, France

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