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Boru, C.E., Silecchia, G. Letter in Reply: Long-term Results After Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy with Concomitant Posterior Cruroplasty: Five-Year Follow-up. J Gastrointest Surg 24, 1455–1457 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11605-020-04573-y
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