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  1. Bariatric and Metabolic Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA

    Zubaidah Nor Hanipah & Philip R. Schauer

  2. Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia

    Zubaidah Nor Hanipah

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The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.

Dr. Schauer has the following relationships

 - Advisory Board: The Medicines Company, GI Dynamics, Neurotronic, Pacira;

 - Consultant: Ethicon, The Medicines Company, Novo Nordisk; Research Support: Ethicon, National Institutes of Health, Medtronic, Pacira

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The study was approved by the Institutional Research Ethics Board where the research was conducted.

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Nor Hanipah, Z., Schauer, P.R. Reply Letter to the Editor “The Outcome of Bariatric Surgery in Patients Aged 75 years and Older”. OBES SURG 28, 3310–3311 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11695-018-3457-8

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