Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases
Volume 1, Issue 1 , Pages 46-49 , January 2005

Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass procedure for morbid obesity: Outcomes

  • Philip R. Schauer, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Associate Professor of Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh and the UPMC Minimally Invasive Surgery Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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PII: S1550-7289(04)00017-6

doi: 10.1016/j.soard.2004.12.015

Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases
Volume 1, Issue 1 , Pages 46-49 , January 2005

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