8 dead after surgical team used laparoscopes in liver operations

8 dead after surgical team used laparoscopes in liver operations

MAEBASHI, Japan - Photo taken Nov. 14, 2014, shows Gunma University Hospital in Maebashi, Gunma Prefecture. The state-run institution confirmed the same day that eight patients died in less than four months in liver operations conducted by the same doctor using laparoscopes, a type of endoscope, at the hospital.

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