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Compared with OSC for diverticulitis, LSC results in a more rapid return of bowel function and shortened hospital stay. Despite the greater operating room charges of LSC, the total hospital charges and costs are lessened.

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Routine cholangiography did not appear to decrease the absolute incidence of bile duct injuries compared to previously published reports. Injury severity, morbidity, late sequelae, and costs were reduced by a policy of routine cholangiography.

General surgeons perform colonoscopies expeditiously, with as low a morbidity rate and as high a completion rate as their gastroenterology or colorectal surgery colleagues. As the results of this study confirm, general surgeons should not be excluded from endoscopy suites.

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