Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases
Volume 7, Issue 1 , Pages 117-118 , January 2011

Gastric band erosion and intraluminal migration leading to biliary and small bowel obstruction: case report and discussion

Received 19 January 2010 ,Revised 21 January 2010 ,Accepted 23 January 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.soard.2010.01.008

Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases
Volume 7, Issue 1 , Pages 117-118 , January 2011

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