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Laparoscopic experience with vernix caseosa peritonitis

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Acknowledgments

We thank Shawn K. Murray MD, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Dalhousie University, for providing pathological images used in this video.

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Drs. Bailey and Klassen have no conflicts of interest or financials ties to disclose.

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  1. Division of General Surgery, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada

    Jonathan G. Bailey & Dennis Klassen

  2. General Surgery Resident, Education Office, Room 849, Victoria General Hospital, 1278 Tower Road, Halifax, NS, B3H 2Y9, Canada

    Jonathan G. Bailey

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Presented at the SAGES 2011 Annual Meeting, March 30–April 2, 2011, San Antonio, TX.

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Bailey, J.G., Klassen, D. Laparoscopic experience with vernix caseosa peritonitis. Surg Endosc 26, 3317–3319 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00464-012-2320-6

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