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Spontaneous Type 1 Gallbladder Perforation in an Elderly Patient Presenting with Acute Generalised Peritonitis: a Case Report

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    Rajesh Chaudhary, Niraj Gupta, Ram Kishan Abrol, Mohamad Muzamil Ambekar & Suneet Katoch

  2. Department of Anaesthesia, Dr. R.P. Government Medical College Kangra, Tanda, HP, India

    Saloni Sood

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RC contributed substantially to the conception, design, acquisition of data, analysis and interpretation of data, drafting the article, critical revision of the article and final approval of the version to be published. NG contributed substantially to the conception and design, acquisition of data, critical revision of the article and final approval of the version to be published. RKA contributed substantially to the conception and design of the article and final approval of the version to be published. MMA contributed substantially to the conception and design, acquisition of data, critical revision of the article and final approval of the version to be published. SS contributed to the acquisition of data, critical revision of the article and final approval of the version to be published. SK contributed substantially to the conception and design, acquisition of data, critical revision of the article and final approval of the version to be published.

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Chaudhary, R., Gupta, N., Abrol, R.K. et al. Spontaneous Type 1 Gallbladder Perforation in an Elderly Patient Presenting with Acute Generalised Peritonitis: a Case Report. SN Compr. Clin. Med. 1, 708–711 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42399-019-00101-5

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