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Abbreviations

AJCC:

American Joint Committee on Cancer

CT:

Computed tomography

GBC:

Gallbladder cancer

iGBC:

Incidental gallbladder cancer

LN:

Lymph nodes

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  1. Department of Surgery, Division for General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, Medical University of Graz, Auenbruggerplatz 29, 8036, Graz, Austria

    Doris Wagner MD & Georg Werkgartner

  2. Department of General Surgery, Division of Visceral Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

    Klaus Kaczirek

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Wagner, D., Werkgartner, G. & Kaczirek, K. Management of early-stage gallbladder cancer. Eur Surg 53, 124–127 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10353-021-00718-8

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