Endoscopic stapled appendicectomy mishap

Stephanie E Cornish^{1

2}, Terence C Chua^{1

2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgery, Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Hospital, Metro South Health, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
² School of Medicine, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
³ School of Medicine, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.

Case Reports

Stephanie E Cornish et al. ANZ J Surg. 2023 Dec.

. 2023 Dec;93(12):2995-2996.

doi: 10.1111/ans.18652. Epub 2023 Aug 11.

Stephanie E Cornish^{1

2}, Terence C Chua^{1

2

3}

¹ Department of Surgery, Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Hospital, Metro South Health, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
² School of Medicine, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
³ School of Medicine, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.

No abstract available

References

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