Fewer gastrojejunostomy strictures and marginal ulcers with absorbable suture.

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Published in Surg Endosc on December 06, 2008

Authors

Juan Carlos Vasquez1, D Wayne Overby, Timothy M Farrell

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Surgery, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7081, USA.

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