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Published in: Obesity Surgery 6/2017

01-06-2017 | Letter to the Editor

2014: The Year of the Sleeve Supremacy

Author: Luigi Angrisani

Published in: Obesity Surgery | Issue 6/2017

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The 2014 worldwide IFSO Survey published in this number of our journal [1] has undoubtedly proved that sleeve gastrectomy (SG) is the most frequently performed operation for the treatment of morbid obesity and obesity-related diseases. Considering that this is the first time for this operation, the finding deserves, in my opinion, a moment of reflection. …
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Metadata
Title
2014: The Year of the Sleeve Supremacy
Author
Luigi Angrisani
Publication date
01-06-2017
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Obesity Surgery / Issue 6/2017
Print ISSN: 0960-8923
Electronic ISSN: 1708-0428
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11695-017-2681-y

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