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You are here: Home / Videos / Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy Beyond the Basics

Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy Beyond the Basics

 

SAGES Webinar on January 21


introductory review–3:04 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=23355163
The difficult GB by Dr. James G Bittner IV–5:24
disclosures–5:45
objectives–5:50
predictors of difficult LC–6:19
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Video Uploaded By:
John D. Mellinger
Uploaded on
02/10/2014
Video Categories
Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy
Learning Themes
HPB / Biliary, Liver
Sources
Resident Webinar
Presentation Types
Webinar
Video Authors
Berci G, Bittner J, Brunt L, Marks J, McCune W, Mellinger J, Perisatt J, Phillips M, Ponsky J, Soper N, Strasberg S
Video Institutions
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center--West Hollywood CA, Cleveland Clinic--Cleveland OH, Feinberg School of Medicine--Chicago IL, SIU School of Medicine--Springfield IL, University Hospitals Case Medical Center--Cleveland OH, University of Tennessee Medical Center--Knoxville TN, VCU--Richmond VA, Washington University School of Medicine--St Louis MO


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