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Published in: Obesity Surgery 6/2016

01-06-2016 | Letter to the Editor/LED Reply

Response to the Letter to the Editor—Re: Gastric Band Removal in Revisional Bariatric Surgery, One-Step Versus Two-Step: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Authors: Jerry T. Dang, Noah J. Switzer, Xinzhe Shi, Shahzeer Karmali

Published in: Obesity Surgery | Issue 6/2016

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Thank you for your interest in our systematic review and meta-analysis [1]. We agree that revisional bariatric surgery and gastric band removal timing is a very important and topical subject. …
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Dang JT, Switzer NJ, Wu J, et al. Gastric band removal in revisional bariatric surgery, one-step versus two-step: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Obes Surg. 2016. doi:10.​1007/​s11695-016-2082-7.
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Title
Response to the Letter to the Editor—Re: Gastric Band Removal in Revisional Bariatric Surgery, One-Step Versus Two-Step: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Authors
Jerry T. Dang
Noah J. Switzer
Xinzhe Shi
Shahzeer Karmali
Publication date
01-06-2016
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Obesity Surgery / Issue 6/2016
Print ISSN: 0960-8923
Electronic ISSN: 1708-0428
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11695-016-2150-z

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