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. 2018 Oct-Dec;14(4):362-364.
doi: 10.4103/jmas.JMAS_197_17.

Inflammation and indication: A novel approach to predict degree of difficulty during emergency laparoscopic cholecystectomy

Ravindra Sudhachandra Date  1 , Adam D Gerrard  1
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Inflammation and indication: A novel approach to predict degree of difficulty during emergency laparoscopic cholecystectomy

Ravindra Sudhachandra Date et al. J Minim Access Surg. 2018 Oct-Dec.
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Figure 1
Indication of cholecystectomy and degree of difficulty
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Figure 2
Increase in degree of difficulty with rise in peak C-reactive protein
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