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Management of Leak in the Bariatric Gastric Bypass Patient: Reoperate, Drain and Feed Distally

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  1. Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Box 3110, Durham, NC, 27710, USA

    Basil M. Yurcisin & Eric J. DeMaria

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Presented May 21, 2008 in Panel Discussion for SSAT/SAGES Joint Symposium 49th Annual Meeting Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract, San Diego Convention Center—San Diego, CA during Digestive Disease Week®.

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Yurcisin, B.M., DeMaria, E.J. Management of Leak in the Bariatric Gastric Bypass Patient: Reoperate, Drain and Feed Distally. J Gastrointest Surg 13, 1564–1566 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11605-009-0861-3

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