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Participating institutions: Abington Memorial Hospital, Abington, PA; Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, Zerifin, Israel; Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA; Dakota Medical Center, Fargo, ND; Elmhurst Hospital, Chicago, IL; Fairfield Memorial Hospital, Fairfield, IL; Franklin Memorial Hospital, Farmington, ME; Grant Medical College, Bombay, India; Hermann Hospital, Houston, TX; Lukaskrankenhaus Neuss, Germany; Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; Mt. Sinai Hospital, Chicaco, IL; Mt. Sinai Hospital, Cleveland, OH; Mt. Sinai Medical Center, Miami Beach, FL; Multi-care Medical Center, Tacoma, WA; Ninewells Hospital, Dundee, Scotland; Rose Medical Center, Denver, CO; Rush Presbyterian, Chicago, IL; St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital, Houston, TX; University of Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France; University of California at Davis, Sacramento, CA; University of California at San Diego, San Diego, CA; University of Colorado, Denver, CO; University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC; University of Texas, Houston, TX; University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; Virginia Mason, Seattle, WA; Washington University, St. Louis, MO.
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Airan, M., Appel, M., Berci, G. et al. Retrospective and prospective multi-institutional laparoscopic cholecystectomy study organized by the Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons. Surg Endosc 6, 169–176 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02210874
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