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Surgical Clip Migration and Choledocholithiasis: A Late, Abrupt Complication of Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy

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    Augustin Attwell

  2. Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA

    Robert Hawes

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Attwell, A., Hawes, R. Surgical Clip Migration and Choledocholithiasis: A Late, Abrupt Complication of Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy. Dig Dis Sci 52, 2254–2256 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10620-006-9101-9

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