Journal of the American College of Surgeons
Volume 211, Issue 1 , Pages 73-80 , July 2010

Predictors of Major Complications after Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy: Surgeon, Hospital, or Patient?

Abstract presented at the American College of Surgeons 95th Annual Clinical Congress, Surgical Forum, Chicago, IL, October 2009.

Received 25 November 2009 ,Revised 23 February 2010 ,Accepted 23 February 2010.

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 This work was supported by the Evans-Allen-Griffin Fellowship (Murphy), by the American Surgical Association Foundation, and a Howard Hughes Early Career Award (Tseng).

PII: S1072-7515(10)00183-3

doi: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2010.02.050

Journal of the American College of Surgeons
Volume 211, Issue 1 , Pages 73-80 , July 2010

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