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Invited Response Letter to the Letter “Our Experience Regarding the Association between Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor and Bariatric Surgery. A Response to a Letter “Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor After Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy: Be Awake Before, During, and After a Bariatric Procedure”

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  1. Department of General Surgery, Istinye University, School of Medicine, VM Mersin Medical Park Hospital, Mersin, Turkey

    Tuna Bilecik

  2. Department of General Surgery, VM Mersin Medical Park Hospital, Mersin, Turkey

    Faruk Karateke

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Bilecik, T., Karateke, F. Invited Response Letter to the Letter “Our Experience Regarding the Association between Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor and Bariatric Surgery. A Response to a Letter “Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor After Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy: Be Awake Before, During, and After a Bariatric Procedure”. OBES SURG 29, 647–648 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11695-018-03647-w

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