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Is Surgical Cholecystectomy Better than Percutaneous in Treatment of Acute Cholecystitis in Patients Unfit for Surgery?

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  1. Department of Gastroenterology, University Clinical Center Tuzla, Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina

    Enver Zerem

  2. Department of Surgery, General Hospital Mostar, Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina

    Safet Omerović

  3. Department of Radiology, Cantonal Hospital Zenica, Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina

    Bilal Imširović

  4. University Clinical Center Tuzla, Trnovac bb, 75000, Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina

    Enver Zerem

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Zerem, E., Omerović, S. & Imširović, B. Is Surgical Cholecystectomy Better than Percutaneous in Treatment of Acute Cholecystitis in Patients Unfit for Surgery?. J Gastrointest Surg 17, 1542–1543 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11605-013-2205-6

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