The American Journal of Surgery
Volume 200, Issue 2 , Pages 235-240 , August 2010

Requirement and postoperative outcomes of abdominal panniculectomy alone or in combination with other procedures in a bariatric surgery unit

  • Joaquin Ortega, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain
    • Unit of Endocrine and Bariatric Surgery, Hospital Clinico Universitario, Valencia, Spain
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +34 699 438 005; fax: +34 963 864 805
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  • Vicente Navarro, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Unit of Endocrine and Bariatric Surgery, Hospital Clinico Universitario, Valencia, Spain
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  • Norberto Cassinello, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Unit of Endocrine and Bariatric Surgery, Hospital Clinico Universitario, Valencia, Spain
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  • Salvador Lledó, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain
    • Unit of Endocrine and Bariatric Surgery, Hospital Clinico Universitario, Valencia, Spain

Received 9 March 2009 ,Revised 28 May 2009

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PII: S0002-9610(09)00665-5

doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2009.07.043

The American Journal of Surgery
Volume 200, Issue 2 , Pages 235-240 , August 2010

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