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Difficult Tracheal Intubation in Obese Gastric Bypass Patients

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  1. Department of Anesthesiology, CHU Hospital, Nimes, France

    Sébastien Bertran

  2. Department of General Surgery, Paris Poissy Medical Center, Saint-Germain-En-Laye, France

    Elie Chouillard

  3. Department of General Surgery, CHU Hospital, Jean Monnet University, Avenue Albert Raimond, 42270, Saint Etienne, France

    Radwan Kassir

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Bertran, S., Chouillard, E. & Kassir, R. Difficult Tracheal Intubation in Obese Gastric Bypass Patients. OBES SURG 26, 2490–2491 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11695-016-2332-8

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