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Reply to the Letter to the Editor Titled “The Questionable IFSO Position Statement”. Is it Acceptable to Call a Position Statement Questionable to Raise more Doubt About an Already Debatable Procedure?

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  1. Minimally Invasive & Bariatric Surgery, Gastrointestinal Bariatric and Metabolic Center (GBMC) -Jordan Hospital, Amman, Jordan

    Ashraf Haddad

  2. The Centre for the Treatment of Obesity and Diabetes Hospital Oswaldo Cruz, Sao Paulo, Brasil

    Ricardo V. Cohen

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Ashraf Haddad is a speaker for Medtronic and EZisurg medical. Ricardo V Cohen reports Research Grant Johnson&Johnson, Research Grant Medtronic, Research Grant, GI Dynamics. Speaker Johnson&Johnson, Medtronic, GI Dynamics, Jansen. SAB: GI Dynamics, NovoNordisk, Bariatek.

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Haddad, A., Cohen, R.V. Reply to the Letter to the Editor Titled “The Questionable IFSO Position Statement”. Is it Acceptable to Call a Position Statement Questionable to Raise more Doubt About an Already Debatable Procedure?. OBES SURG 33, 668–669 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11695-022-06408-y

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