Is routine histological examination of gall bladder specimens justifiable?
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Is routine histological examination of gall bladder specimens justifiable?
OBJECTIVE To assess the safety of confining histological examination to gall bladders with radiological and macroscopic features suggestive of cancer. DESIGN Retrospective study. Setting Department of Histopathology, National Hospital of Sri Lanka. METHOD Analysis of all cholecystectomies performed at a tertiary care hospital during a one year period. Computerised histopathological reports ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Ceylon Medical Journal
سال: 2010
ISSN: 2386-1274,0009-0875
DOI: 10.4038/cmj.v55i1.1702