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Published in: Obesity Surgery 6/2018

01-06-2018 | Letter to the Editor

Percutaneous Needle Aspiration of a Partially Deflated Intragastric Balloon: a Forgotten Modality? Review of the Literature

Authors: Jeffrey Brooks, Uri Rimon, Paul BenSaid, Alon Lang, Moshe Nadler, Chaya Schwartz, Simon Bar Meir

Published in: Obesity Surgery | Issue 6/2018

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To the editors, …
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Metadata
Title
Percutaneous Needle Aspiration of a Partially Deflated Intragastric Balloon: a Forgotten Modality? Review of the Literature
Authors
Jeffrey Brooks
Uri Rimon
Paul BenSaid
Alon Lang
Moshe Nadler
Chaya Schwartz
Simon Bar Meir
Publication date
01-06-2018
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Obesity Surgery / Issue 6/2018
Print ISSN: 0960-8923
Electronic ISSN: 1708-0428
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11695-018-3205-0

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