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Bulugahapitiya, U., Wijeratne, T., Jayawardena, R. et al. The First Sri Lankan Experience on Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgery. OBES SURG 31, 5057–5058 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11695-021-05540-5
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