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Should Every Patient Undergoing Laparoscopy for Clinical Diagnosis of Appendicitis Have an Appendicectomy ?

B. NavezService de Chirurgie Generale et Digestive, Hopital St Joseph, Charleroi (Gilly), Belgium.View further author information
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A. TherasseService de Chirurgie Generale et Digestive, Hopital St Joseph, Charleroi (Gilly), Belgium.
Pages 87-89 | Published online: 22 Apr 2016

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