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Contempo 1998 | August 12, 1998

General Surgery

Claude H. Organ, Jr, MD; John Maurice Porter, MD
JAMA. 1998;280(6):495-496. doi:10.1001/jama.280.6.495.
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IMPORTANT recent developments in general surgery include modification of the approach to the management of severely injured patients. Outcome data have become available for some types of laparoscopic surgery, and medical and surgical resources on the Internet are increasing.

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