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Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy with Intraoperative Endoscopic Guidance: the Importance of This Technique

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  1. 1st Surgery Department, Laikon General Hospital, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 75 Mikras Asias, 115 27, Athens, Greece

    Antonios Athanasiou, Eleftherios Spartalis, Demetrios Moris, Andreas Alexandrou & Theodoros Liakakos

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Athanasiou, A., Spartalis, E., Moris, D. et al. Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy with Intraoperative Endoscopic Guidance: the Importance of This Technique. OBES SURG 26, 862–863 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11695-016-2078-3

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