Letter to Functional Importance of Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy for the Lower Esophageal Sphincter in Patients with Morbid Obesity OBES SURG (2012) 22:360-366 DOI 10.1007/s11695-011-0536-5

Obesity Surgery

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1517-1518

  Musella, Mario ^a   Milone, Marco ^a   Leongito, Maddalena ^a   Jovino, Paola ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; DYSPHAGIA; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; LAPAROSCOPIC SLEEVE GASTRECTOMY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LETTER; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER PRESSURE; MORBID OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEVE GASTRECTOMY; SURGICAL STAPLING; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; AGED; ESOPHAGEAL SPHINCTER, LOWER; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GASTROPLASTY; HUMANS; ITALY; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, MORBID; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866108916     PISSN: 09608923     EISSN: 17080428     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11695-012-0699-8     Document Type: Letter

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