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Case-Matched Comparison of Clinical and Financial Outcome After Laparoscopic or Open Colorectal Surgery

Conor P. Delaney, Ravi P. Kiran, Anthony J. Senagore, Karen Brady, Victor W. Fazio

Annals of Surgery · 2003 · 249 citations · 29 references

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Abstract

Laparoscopic colectomy results in significantly lower direct costs compared with open colectomy for carefully matched patients.

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