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Esophageal Stricture Due to a Self-Expandable Metal Stent (SEMS) Placement for Post Sleeve Gastrectomy Leak: a Case Report

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  1. Department of General and Digestive Surgery, Bariatric Surgery Unit, Poissy Saint Germain Medical Center, 10 rue du Champ Gaillard, Poissy, 78300, France

    Nader El Kary, Elias Chahine, Marc-Anthony Chouillard, Andrew Gumbs & Elie Chouillard

  2. Service de Chirurgie Générale et Digestive, Centre Hospitalier de Poissy-Saint Germain, 10 rue du Champ Gaillard, 78300, Poissy, France

    Nader El Kary, Elias Chahine & Elie Chouillard

  3. Department of Gatsroenterology and Liver Disease, Interventional Endoscopy Unit, Poissy Saint Germain Medical Center, 10 rue du Champ Gaillard, Poissy, 78300, France

    Frédérick Moryoussef & René-Louis Vitte

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El Kary, N., Chahine, E., Moryoussef, F. et al. Esophageal Stricture Due to a Self-Expandable Metal Stent (SEMS) Placement for Post Sleeve Gastrectomy Leak: a Case Report. OBES SURG 29, 1943–1945 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11695-019-03835-2

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