Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases
Volume 5, Issue 6 , Pages 710-712 , November 2009

Video case report: multiple intraperitoneal transections of Lap-Band tubing with descending colon inflammation: cause or effect?

Received 21 March 2009 ,Revised 15 September 2009 ,Accepted 15 September 2009.

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PII: S1550-7289(09)00683-2

doi: 10.1016/j.soard.2009.09.008

Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases
Volume 5, Issue 6 , Pages 710-712 , November 2009

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