Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases
Volume 6, Issue 1 , Pages 64-67 , January 2010

Effect of circular staple line buttressing material on gastrojejunostomy failure in laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass

Presented in part at the 2009 Association of Academic Surgery Congress, Fort Myers, Florida

Received 7 April 2009 ,Revised 10 April 2009 ,Accepted 13 May 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.soard.2009.05.006

Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases
Volume 6, Issue 1 , Pages 64-67 , January 2010

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