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Biliary fistula historical perspective
Introduction
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Overview
Overview
Historical Perspective
Historical Perspective
- Biliary fistula was first mentioned by Thomas Bartholin, a Danish physician, in 1654, and described by Thilesus for the first time in 1670.
- In 1890, Ludwig Georg Courvoisier, a Swiss surgeon was the first to report 169 cases of external biliary fistulas.[1]
References
References
- ↑ Corvera, Carlos U.; Jarnagin, William R.; Blumgart, Leslie H. (2012). “Biliary fistulae”: 644–669.e5. doi:10.1016/B978-1-4377-1454-8.00110-7.
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