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Letter to the Editor and Comments on the Article “Gastric Histopathologies in Patients Undergoing Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomies” by Salam Al Sabah et al.

Authors: Christine Stroh, K. Ludwig, H. Lippert, Th. Manger

Published in: Obesity Surgery | Issue 4/2013

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This paper describes the necessity of postoperative histopathological evaluation of the resected gastric stomach. The aim of the paper is to show that pathological findings can be detected during histopathological examination of the resected stomach and that a diagnosis should be determined from these histological findings prior to operation. The incidence of pathological findings using postoperative histopathological examination is high. …

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Title: Letter to the Editor and Comments on the Article “Gastric Histopathologies in Patients Undergoing Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomies” by Salam Al Sabah et al.
Authors: Christine Stroh
K. Ludwig
H. Lippert
Th. Manger
Publication date: 01-04-2013
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: Obesity Surgery / Issue 4/2013
Print ISSN: 0960-8923
Electronic ISSN: 1708-0428
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11695-013-0869-3

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