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Day-case laparoscopic cholecystectomy

Hamad H. Al-Qahtani, Mohammed K. Alam, Saleh Asalamah, Mohammed Akeely and Mouhammed Ibrar
Saudi Medical Journal January 2015, 36 (1) 46-51; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2015.1.9738
Hamad H. Al-Qahtani
From the Department of Surgery (Al-Qahtani, Asalamah, Akeely), College of Medicine, King Saud University, and the Department of Surgery (Alam), Al Maarefa College, Riyadh, and the Department of Surgery (Ibrar), College of Medicine, Taibah University, Madinah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Mohammed K. Alam
From the Department of Surgery (Al-Qahtani, Asalamah, Akeely), College of Medicine, King Saud University, and the Department of Surgery (Alam), Al Maarefa College, Riyadh, and the Department of Surgery (Ibrar), College of Medicine, Taibah University, Madinah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Saleh Asalamah
From the Department of Surgery (Al-Qahtani, Asalamah, Akeely), College of Medicine, King Saud University, and the Department of Surgery (Alam), Al Maarefa College, Riyadh, and the Department of Surgery (Ibrar), College of Medicine, Taibah University, Madinah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Mohammed Akeely
From the Department of Surgery (Al-Qahtani, Asalamah, Akeely), College of Medicine, King Saud University, and the Department of Surgery (Alam), Al Maarefa College, Riyadh, and the Department of Surgery (Ibrar), College of Medicine, Taibah University, Madinah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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