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Obesity Surgery
Published in: Obesity Surgery 4/2014

01-04-2014 | Letter to Editor/LED Reply

Reply to “Still Controversies After Mini Gastric Bypass”

Authors: Kamal K. Mahawar, W. R. J. Carr, N. Jennings, S. Balupuri, P. K. Small

Published in: Obesity Surgery | Issue 4/2014

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Excerpt

We would like to thank Musella and Milone for their comments on our recent reviews [1, 2] on MGB (“Mini” Gastric Bypass). A thorough debate regarding various aspects of this procedure is essential for a fair assessment by the wider surgical community, and we are grateful to these authors for providing us with this opportunity. We address points raised by them in the following paragraphs. …
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Johnson WH, Fernanadez AZ, Farrell TM, et al. Surgical revision of loop (“mini”) gastric bypass procedure: multicenter review of complications and conversions to Roux-en-Y gastric bypass. Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2007;3(1):37–41.PubMedCrossRef
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Metadata
Title
Reply to “Still Controversies After Mini Gastric Bypass”
Authors
Kamal K. Mahawar
W. R. J. Carr
N. Jennings
S. Balupuri
P. K. Small
Publication date
01-04-2014
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Obesity Surgery / Issue 4/2014
Print ISSN: 0960-8923
Electronic ISSN: 1708-0428
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11695-014-1194-1

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