Laparoscopic gastrectomy: Quo vadis?

J Minim Access Surg

Department of Minimally Invasive Upper GI Surgery, St James's University Hospital, Leeds, UK and P. D. Hinduja Hospital, Mumbai, India.

Published: April 2013

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