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Why Choosing the Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass in a Morbid Obese with a History of a Failed Nissen Fundoplication Is Not a Dogma

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  1. Université Côte d’Azur, Nice, France

    Antonio Iannelli & Sébastien Frey

  2. Digestive Surgery and Liver Transplantation Unit, Archet 2 Hospital, University Hospital of Nice, 151 Route Saint Antoine de Ginestière, BP 3079, Nice Cedex3, France

    Antonio Iannelli & Sébastien Frey

  3. Inserm, U1065, Team 8 “Hepatic Complications of Obesity and Alcohol”, Nice, France

    Antonio Iannelli

  4. Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences and Translational Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Sant’Andrea Hospital, Rome, Italy

    Niccolo Petrucciani

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Iannelli, A., Frey, S. & Petrucciani, N. Why Choosing the Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass in a Morbid Obese with a History of a Failed Nissen Fundoplication Is Not a Dogma. OBES SURG 30, 4599–4601 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11695-020-04540-1

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