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01-03-2021 | COVID-19 | Letter to the Editor

Returning to Surgery—Experience, Discussions and Consensus

Authors: Matthew Kroh, Gerhard Prager, Francesco Rubino, Giuseppe Maria Marinari, Antonio J. Torres, Shaw Somers, Fakı Akın, Owen Haskins

Published in: Obesity Surgery | Issue 3/2021

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Title: Returning to Surgery—Experience, Discussions and Consensus
Authors: Matthew Kroh
Gerhard Prager
Francesco Rubino
Giuseppe Maria Marinari
Antonio J. Torres
Shaw Somers
Fakı Akın
Owen Haskins
Publication date: 01-03-2021
Publisher: Springer US
Keyword: COVID-19
Published in: Obesity Surgery / Issue 3/2021
Print ISSN: 0960-8923
Electronic ISSN: 1708-0428
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11695-020-04989-0

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