Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases
Volume 3, Issue 6 , Pages 586-590 , November 2007

Bariatric surgery improves urinary incontinence in morbidly obese individuals

Presented at the 24th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Bariatric Surgery, June 11–16, 2007, San Diego, California

Received 16 May 2007 ,Revised 29 June 2007 ,Accepted 13 August 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.soard.2007.08.007

Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases
Volume 3, Issue 6 , Pages 586-590 , November 2007

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