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This document was prepared and revised by the SAGES Guidelines Committee:
James R, Korndorffer, Jr., MD
Erika Fellinger, MD
William Reed, MD
Keith Apelgren, MD
Stephen Haggerty, MD
Geoffrey Kohn, MD
Raymond Price, MD
J. Salameh, MD
Dimitrios Stefanidis, MD
Limaris Barrios, MD
Keenan Berghoff, MD
Simon Bergman, MD
David Earle, MD
Timothy Farrell, MD
Jeffrey Hazey, MD
Steven Heneghan, MD
Thom Lobe, MD
Sumeet Mittal, MD
Jonathan Myers, MD
Wayne Overby, MD
Patrick Reardon, MD
Matthew Ritter, MD
Alan Saber, MD
Kevin Wasco, MD
William Richardson, MD, Co-Chair
Robert Fanelli, MD, Chair
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Korndorffer, J.R., Fellinger, E. & Reed, W. SAGES guideline for laparoscopic appendectomy. Surg Endosc 24, 757–761 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00464-009-0632-y
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