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Laparoscopic Band Plication for the Treatment of Morbid Obesity

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Morbid obesity is considered a multifactorial disease that results from neurochemical, genetic, and psychological factors. It is considered to be a contemporary disease that inflicts all social classes. In the United States approximately 12 million people are morbidly obese, whereas 3–5% of the American population will develop serious and life-threatening complications related to their obesity.1

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  1. Konstantinos Konstantinidis
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  1. Department of Surgery, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, 06510, USA

    Ronald C. Merrell MD, FACS (Lampman Professor and Chairman) & Robert M. Olson III MD (Fellow) (Lampman Professor and Chairman) &  (Fellow)

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Konstantinidis, K., Vorias, M., Sambalis, G., Georgiou, M. (1999). Laparoscopic Band Plication for the Treatment of Morbid Obesity. In: Merrell, R.C., Olson, R.M. (eds) Laparoscopic Surgery. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-1408-3_13

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