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The cost-effectiveness of early or delayed surgery in acute cholecystitis

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  1. östersunds Hospital, östersund, Sweden

    Gunnar Edlund M.D.

  2. Department of Surgery and Economics, University of Lund and the Swedish Institute for Health Economics, Lund, Sweden

    Gunnar Alinder M.D., Per Herlin M.D., Ph.D., Björn Lindgren Ph.D. & Torsten Holmin M.D., Ph.D.

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Edlund, G., Alinder, G., Herlin, P. et al. The cost-effectiveness of early or delayed surgery in acute cholecystitis. World J. Surg. 10, 343–345 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01658162

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