Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases
Volume 5, Issue 2 , Pages 283-284 , March 2009

Transoral endoscopic closure of gastric fistula

Video presented at the 25th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, June 15–20, 2008, Washington, DC.

Received 28 May 2008 ,Revised 21 November 2008 ,Accepted 21 November 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.soard.2008.11.014

Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases
Volume 5, Issue 2 , Pages 283-284 , March 2009

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