Managing complications associated with laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass for morbid obesity

Canadian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 329-336

  Griffith, P Sahle ^a   Birch, Daniel W ^a   Sharma, Arya M ^a   Karmali, Shahzeer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

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EID: 84870911520     PISSN: 0008428X     EISSN: 14882310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/cjs.002011     Document Type: Article

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