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Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
By Rob Stein / The Bulletin
September 25, 2008
When Albert Pagliuca got gallstones, his surgeon offered to remove his gallbladder with a new operation designed to hurt less, get him back to work more quickly and leave no visible scars. But there was one catch: Doctors would pull the organ out through his mouth.
“I kept thinking,....
