Gastric banding - to band or bypass. Adjustable gastric banding: blessing or curse?

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Published in Ann R Coll Surg Engl on January 01, 2008

Authors

Jacques M Himpens1

Author Affiliations

1: Minimally Invasive Surgery Department, European School of Laparoscopic Surgery, St Pierre University Hospital, Brussels, Belgium. jacques_himpens@hotmail.com

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