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Original Articles
Original Articles
Using a Laparoscopic Approach to CholecystectomyLaparoscopic cholecystectomy, introduced in the late 1980s, has replaced the open technique for the majority of the 770,000 cholecystectomy procedures performed in the United States each year.
Journal Article, March 2003
Gallstone Disease in Heart Transplant RecipientsThe first laparoscopic cholecystectomy was performed in the United States in 1988. Since then the rate of cholecystectomy has risen, and approximately 500,000 cholecystectomies are performed in the United States each year.
