The American Journal of Surgery
Volume 190, Issue 6 , Pages 973-977 , December 2005

Can we afford to do laparoscopic appendectomy in an academic hospital?

Presented at the 57th Annual Meeting of the Southwestern Surgical Congress, San Antonio, Texas, April 10–12, 2005

Received 12 April 2005 ,Revised 8 August 2005

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PII: S0002-9610(05)00725-7

doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2005.08.026

The American Journal of Surgery
Volume 190, Issue 6 , Pages 973-977 , December 2005

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