Despite the progress achieved in clinical medicine, the problem of gallstone disease and gallbladder pathologies remains one of the most pressing problems in modern medicine, particularly in surgery .Calperin and co - authors believe that modern surgery 's successes are mainly related to the improvement of surgical and medical techniques, the relocation of important bodies not only demonstrates gigantic achievements, but also proves that our knowledge is insufficient.
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