Should laparoscopic cholecystectomy be practiced in the developing world? the experience of the first training program in Afghanistan

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 251, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 574-

  Contini, Sandro ^a   Taqdeer, Asadullah ^b   Gosselin, Richard A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b WHO Country Office   (Afghanistan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFGHANISTAN; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SURGEON; TRAINING;

AFGHANISTAN; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS;

EID: 77649114483     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e3181d13ff8     Document Type: Letter

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