Current Problems in Surgery
Volume 47, Issue 2 , Pages 79-174 , February 2010

Benchmarking Best Practices in Weight Loss Surgery

    LTC
  • Robert B. Lim, MD

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Fellow, Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts
    • ,
  • George L. Blackburn, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Associate Professor of Nutrition, Harvard Medical School, Director of the Center for Study of Nutrition Medicine, Director of the Center for Study of Nutrition Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts
    • ,
  • Daniel B. Jones, MD, MS

      Affiliations

    • Associate Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School Chief, Section of Minimally Invasive Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts

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