Current Problems in Surgery
Volume 45, Issue 2 , Pages 68-137 , February 2008

Surgical Management of Morbid Obesity

  • Deron J. Tessier, MD

      Affiliations

    • Staff Surgeon, Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, Fontana, California
    • ,
  • J. Chris Eagon, MD

      Affiliations

    • Assistant Professor of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri

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doi: 10.1067/j.cpsurg.2007.12.003

Current Problems in Surgery
Volume 45, Issue 2 , Pages 68-137 , February 2008

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