Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases
Volume 6, Issue 1 , Pages 46-49 , January 2010

Fibrin sealant associated with increased body temperature and leukocytosis after laparoscopic gastric bypass

Presented as a poster at the 2008 American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, Washington, DC, June 15–20, 2008.

  • Evangelos Efthimiou, M.D., F.R.C.S.

      Affiliations

    • Section of Bariatric Surgery, Division of General Surgery, McGill University Health Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to:
    • ,
  • Salman Al-Sabah, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Section of Bariatric Surgery, Division of General Surgery, McGill University Health Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • ,
  • John S. Sampalis, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • JSS Medical Research, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • ,
  • Nicolas V. Christou, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Section of Bariatric Surgery, Division of General Surgery, McGill University Health Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Received 26 August 2008 ,Revised 23 February 2009 ,Accepted 2 March 2009.

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PII: S1550-7289(09)00101-4

doi: 10.1016/j.soard.2009.03.002

Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases
Volume 6, Issue 1 , Pages 46-49 , January 2010

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