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  1. Toronto, Canada

    Mervyn Deitel MD (Editor-in-Chief)

  2. Ain-Shams School of Medicine, Cairo, Egypt

    Khaled Gawdat MD (Professor of Surgery)

  3. Heraklion, Crete, Greece

    John Melissas MD (President of IFSO, Professor of Surgery)

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Deitel, M., Gawdat, K. & Melissas, J. Reporting Weight Loss 2007. OBES SURG 17, 565–568 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11695-007-9116-0

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