Surgical skill and complication rates after bariatric surgery

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 369, Issue 15, 2013, Pages 1434-1442

  Birkmeyer, John D ^a   Finks, Jonathan F ^a   O'Reilly, Amanda ^a   Oerline, Mary ^a   Carlin, Arthur M ^b   Nunn, Andre R ^c   Dimick, Justin ^a   Banerjee, Mousumi ^a   Birkmeyer, Nancy J O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c Forest Health Medical Center   (United States)

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EID: 84885580128     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMsa1300625     Document Type: Article

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