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Obesity Surgery
Published in: Obesity Surgery 11/2012

01-11-2012 | Editorial

The True Meaning of IFSO

Author: Scott A. Shikora

Published in: Obesity Surgery | Issue 11/2012

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The abbreviation, IFSO, stands for the International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity (and Metabolic Disorders) and is the name of an international community of clinicians committed to the treatment of extreme obesity and related metabolic disorders. Although the name seems appropriately descriptive, I have always suspected that IFSO meant very much more. This year’s amazing World Congress in New Delhi, India confirmed my belief. …
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Title
The True Meaning of IFSO
Author
Scott A. Shikora
Publication date
01-11-2012
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
Obesity Surgery / Issue 11/2012
Print ISSN: 0960-8923
Electronic ISSN: 1708-0428
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11695-012-0784-z

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