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Case Report of Successful Medical Management of Progressive Gastric Band Penetration-to-Perforation After Band Insertion at Bariatric Surgery: Documentation by 12 Serial EGDs During 50 months of Observation

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Aneese, A.M., Yang, S.K. & Cappell, M.S. Case Report of Successful Medical Management of Progressive Gastric Band Penetration-to-Perforation After Band Insertion at Bariatric Surgery: Documentation by 12 Serial EGDs During 50 months of Observation. Dig Dis Sci 63, 257–263 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10620-017-4783-8

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