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Reply to Letter to the Editor: Beyond the BMI: a Critical Analysis of the Edmonton Obesity Staging System and the New Guidelines for Indications for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery

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  1. Department of Surgery, Stanford School of Medicine and VA Palo Alto Health Care System, 3801 Miranda Avenue, Palo Alto, CA, 112, USA

    Dan Eisenberg

  2. Department of Surgery, Center for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

    Scott A. Shikora

  3. Prisma Health, Department of Surgery, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Greenville, SC, USA

    Shanu N. Kothari

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Eisenberg, D., Shikora, S.A. & Kothari, S.N. Reply to Letter to the Editor: Beyond the BMI: a Critical Analysis of the Edmonton Obesity Staging System and the New Guidelines for Indications for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery. OBES SURG 33, 1279–1280 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11695-023-06517-2

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