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Reply to the Letter “Gastric Remnant Dilatation: a Rare Technical Complication Following Laparoscopic One Anastomosis (Mini) Gastric Bypass”

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  1. Department of Surgery, Min-Sheng General Hospital, No. 168, Chin Kuo Road, Tauoyan, Taiwan, Republic of China

    Wei-Jei Lee

  2. Department of Surgery, Jaber Al Ahmad Armed Forces Hospital, Kuwait City, Kuwait

    Abdullah Almulaifi

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Lee, WJ., Almulaifi, A. Reply to the Letter “Gastric Remnant Dilatation: a Rare Technical Complication Following Laparoscopic One Anastomosis (Mini) Gastric Bypass”. OBES SURG 27, 2682–2683 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11695-017-2821-4

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