Nutrition After Vertical Banded Gastroplasty
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A 33-year-old man underwent verticalbanded gastroplasty (VBG) for the management of morbid obesity 10 years ago and achieved significant weight loss. He visited our outpatient clinic for epigastric pain that had persisted for the past 6 months. He also had an episode of melena which occurred 1 month before presentation. On arrival, his physical examination was unremarkable except for mild tende...
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عنوان ژورنال: Annals of Surgery
سال: 1987
ISSN: 0003-4932
DOI: 10.1097/00000658-198711000-00001