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Reply to the Letter to Editor Entitled “The %EBMIL/%EWL Double-Booby Trap. A Comment on Studies that Compare the Effect of Bariatric Surgery Between Heavier and Lighter Patients”

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  1. Department of Surgery, National Cancer Center, Goyang, Republic of Korea

    Ji Yeon Park

  2. Department of Surgery, Soonchunhyang University Seoul Hospital, 59, Daesagwan-ro, Yongsan-gu, Seoul, 140-743, Republic of Korea

    Yong Jin Kim

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Drs. JY Park and YJ Kim do not have any financial ties to disclose.

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Park, J.Y., Kim, Y.J. Reply to the Letter to Editor Entitled “The %EBMIL/%EWL Double-Booby Trap. A Comment on Studies that Compare the Effect of Bariatric Surgery Between Heavier and Lighter Patients”. OBES SURG 26, 614–616 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11695-015-1970-6

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