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Letter to the Editor: Gossypibomas and Bariatric Surgery, an Issue We Can’t Forget

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  1. Department of General Surgery, Division of Bariatric, IESS-Quito Sur, Quito, Ecuador

    Gabriel A. Molina & Jenny A. Baca

  2. Department of General Surgery, Hospital IESS Quito Sur, Quito, Ecuador

    Germanico Fuentes, Galo Enrique Jiménez, Rommel Hernan Ojeda, Monica Elizabeth Orejuela, Andres Sebastian Jiménez & Andrea Estefanía Heredia

  3. Department of General Surgery at Hospital IESS Quito, Quito, Ecuador

    Galo Enrique Jiménez

  4. Departments at Hospital IESS Quito Sur Quito-Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador

    Monica Elizabeth Orejuela

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Molina, G.A., Baca, J.A., Fuentes, G. et al. Letter to the Editor: Gossypibomas and Bariatric Surgery, an Issue We Can’t Forget. OBES SURG 30, 3219–3221 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11695-020-04634-w

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