Increased Risk of Clinically Significant Gallstones following an Appendectomy: A Five-Year Follow-Up Study

• Shiu-Dong Chung ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Shiu-Dong Chung, Chung-Chien Huang, Herng-Ching Lin

  Affiliations Department of Surgery, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, Banciao, Taipei, Taiwan, Graduate Program in Biomedical Informatics, College of Informatics, Yuan-Ze University, Chung-Li, Taiwan, Sleep Research Center, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Chung-Chien Huang ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Shiu-Dong Chung, Chung-Chien Huang, Herng-Ching Lin

  Affiliation School of Health Care Administration, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Herng-Ching Lin ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Shiu-Dong Chung, Chung-Chien Huang, Herng-Ching Lin

  Affiliations Sleep Research Center, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, School of Health Care Administration, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Ming-Chieh Tsai,

  Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Cathay General Hospital, Hsinchu Branch, Taiwan

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• Chao-Hung Chen

  * E-mail: s448@eip.mkc.edu.tw

  Affiliations Department of Cosmetic Applications and Management, Mackay Junior College of Medicine, Nursing, and Management, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Thoracic Surgery, MacKay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Department & Institute of Physiology, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

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