Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases
Volume 5, Issue 2 , Pages 278-279 , March 2009

Laparoscopic management of chronic gastric pouch fistula after laparoscopic gastric bypass

Received 28 September 2007 ,Revised 21 August 2008 ,Accepted 22 September 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.soard.2008.09.013

Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases
Volume 5, Issue 2 , Pages 278-279 , March 2009

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