Laparoscopic cholecystectomy for cholelithiasis in children

Journal of Indian Association of Pediatric Surgeons

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 204-206

  Gowda, Deepak Javare ^a   Agarwal, Prakash ^a   Bagdi, Rajkishore ^a   Subramanian, Balagopal ^a   Kumar, Manoj ^a   Ramasundaram, Madhu ^a   Paramasamy, Balamourougane ^a   Khanday, Zaffer Saleem ^a  

^a SRI RAMACHANDRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Children; Cholelithiasis; Laparoscopic cholecystectomy.

Indexed keywords

EID: 77749274104     PISSN: 09719261     EISSN: 19983891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0971-9261.59602     Document Type: Article

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