Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases
Volume 6, Issue 5 , Pages 526-531 , September 2010

Endoscopic foreign body removal for treatment of chronic abdominal pain in patients after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass

  • Marvin Ryou, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Division of Gastroenterology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
    • ,
  • Owen Mogabgab, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
    • ,
  • David B. Lautz, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
    • ,
  • Christopher C. Thompson, M.D., M.Sc., F.A.C.G., F.A.S.G.E.

      Affiliations

    • Division of Gastroenterology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence: Christopher C. Thompson, M.D., M.Sc., F.A.C.G., F.A.S.G.E., Division of Gastroenterology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA 02115

Received 12 August 2009 ,Revised 2 February 2010 ,Accepted 5 February 2010.

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PII: S1550-7289(10)00075-4

doi: 10.1016/j.soard.2010.02.035

Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases
Volume 6, Issue 5 , Pages 526-531 , September 2010

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