Adjustable Gastric Banding for Morbid Obesity; A Report from Iran
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Adjustable Gastric Banding for Morbid Obesity; A Report from Iran
Background: Laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding (LAGB) was considered as one of the effective, less invasive methods which could help the obese patients to achieve their optimal weight without regaining the lost one. The recent article is a report of 165 patients who had undergone LAGB, while discussing the rate of their complications. Methods: Between January 2005 and February 2012, 165 ob...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Open Obesity Journal
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1876-8237
DOI: 10.2174/1876823701305010001