Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases
Volume 6, Issue 4 , Pages 386-389 , July 2010

Evaluating gastric erosion in band management: an algorithm for stratification of risk

Presented at the 26th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, Grapevine, Texas, June 21-26, 2009.

Received 27 May 2009 ,Revised 19 October 2009 ,Accepted 30 November 2009.

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PII: S1550-7289(09)00777-1

doi: 10.1016/j.soard.2009.11.020

Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases
Volume 6, Issue 4 , Pages 386-389 , July 2010

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