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It Takes a Village: Sleeve Gastrectomy in a Patient with Heterotaxy Syndrome and Congenital Heart Disease

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  1. School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA

    Samantha R. Dewald, Jennie H. Wei, Santiago Horgan & Eduardo Grunvald

  2. Veterans Affairs San Diego Healthcare System, San Diego, CA, USA

    Jennie H. Wei

  3. Bariatric and Metabolic Institute, Division of Minimally Invasive Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of California, San Diego, 4520 Executive Drive, Suite 111, Mail Code 0837, San Diego, CA, 92121-0837, USA

    Santiago Horgan & Eduardo Grunvald

  4. Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA

    Eduardo Grunvald

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Dewald, S.R., Wei, J.H., Horgan, S. et al. It Takes a Village: Sleeve Gastrectomy in a Patient with Heterotaxy Syndrome and Congenital Heart Disease. OBES SURG 31, 862–864 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11695-020-04855-z

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