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Sleeve Gastrectomy Versus Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass in the Elderly: 1-Year Preliminary Outcomes in a Randomized Trial (BASE Trial)

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  1. Department of Surgery, General and Bariatric Surgery Unit, Santa Maria Nuova Hospital, Piazza Santa Maria Nuova, 50122, Florence, Italy

    Enrico Facchiano & Marcello Lucchese

  2. University Côte d’Azur, Nice, France

    Antonio Iannelli

  3. Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice - Digestive Surgery and Liver Transplantation Unit, Archet 2 Hospital, 151 route de Saint Antoine de Ginestiere, 06200, Nice, France

    Antonio Iannelli

  4. Inserm, U1065, Team 8 “Hepatic complications of obesity and alcohol”, Nice, France

    Antonio Iannelli

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Facchiano, E., Iannelli, A. & Lucchese, M. Sleeve Gastrectomy Versus Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass in the Elderly: 1-Year Preliminary Outcomes in a Randomized Trial (BASE Trial). OBES SURG 31, 5047–5048 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11695-021-05525-4

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