Washington Evening Journal
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Neighbors Growing Together | May 17, 2012

Gallbladder surgery often done without scars

By Dr. Darwin Peterson, Mercy Specialty Clinics, General Surgery | Feb 15, 2012

IOWA CITY — Surgical removal of the gallbladder (cholecystectomy) is performed about 800,000 times each year in the United States, making it the second most commonly performed operation in America.

The first cholecystectomy was performed by Dr. Carl ...

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