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Self-Locking First Stitch in Suture Reinforcement of the Laparoscopic Gastric Sleeve

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  1. 1st Department of Propaedeutic Surgery, Hippokratio Hospital, University of Athens, Dervenakion 3A Vrilissia Attikis, 15235, Athens, Greece

    Konstantinos Albanopoulos, Ioannis Flessas, George Zografos & Emmanuel Leandros

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Albanopoulos, K., Flessas, I., Zografos, G. et al. Self-Locking First Stitch in Suture Reinforcement of the Laparoscopic Gastric Sleeve. OBES SURG 23, 796–797 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11695-013-0943-x

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