The Surgeon
Volume 8, Issue 2 , Pages 67-70 , April 2010

Bilo-enteric fistula (BEF) at laparoscopic cholecystectomy: Review of ten year's experience

  • Edmund Leung
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  • Pradeep Kumar

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Received 14 October 2009 ,Accepted 22 October 2009.

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 The abstract was initially presented at the annual meeting of the Association of Laparoscopic Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland (ALSGBI) at Colchester, November 2008.

PII: S1479-666X(09)00011-0

doi: 10.1016/j.surge.2009.10.010

The Surgeon
Volume 8, Issue 2 , Pages 67-70 , April 2010