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What Is the Current Evidence to Define the Length of the Alimentary Limb in the Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass Technique?

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LGBP:

laparoscopic gastric bypass

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  1. Department of Surgery, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Vasco de Quiroga No 15, Sección XVI, Tlalpan, 14080, Mexico City, Mexico

    Jesús Morales-Maza & Oscar Santes

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Morales-Maza, J., Santes, O. What Is the Current Evidence to Define the Length of the Alimentary Limb in the Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass Technique?. OBES SURG 29, 304–305 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11695-018-3568-2

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