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Daytime Versus Nighttime (12–6 a.m.) Laparoscopic Appendectomy: Is It Safe to Operate During the Night?

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  1. Department of Surgery, Hospital Alemán of Buenos Aires, Av. Pueyrredon 1640, C1118AAT, Buenos Aires, Argentina

    Camila Bras Harriott, Cristian A. Angeramo, Manuela Monrabal Lezama, María A. Casas & Francisco Schlottmann

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Bras Harriott, C., Angeramo, C.A., Monrabal Lezama, M. et al. Daytime Versus Nighttime (12–6 a.m.) Laparoscopic Appendectomy: Is It Safe to Operate During the Night?. J Gastrointest Surg 26, 1087–1089 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11605-021-05150-7

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