HPB Surgery
Volume 2009 (2009), Article ID 476159, 5 pages
doi:10.1155/2009/476159
Methodology Report

Triangle of Safety Technique: A New Approach to Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy

Abdulrahman F. M. S. Almutairi1 and Yousef A. M. S. Hussain2

1Department of Surgery, Farwaniya Hospital, P.O. Box 18115, 81002 Farwaniya, Kuwait
2Department of Surgery, Farwaniya Hospital, P.O. Box 1901, 47370 Addan, Kuwait

Received 6 November 2008; Revised 16 March 2009; Accepted 8 April 2009

Academic Editor: Guntars Pupelis

Copyright © 2009 Abdulrahman F. M. S. Almutairi and Yousef A. M. S. Hussain. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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