Using Ligasure™ or Harmonic Ace® in Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomies? A Prospective Randomized Study.

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Published in Obes Surg on August 01, 2015

Authors

Dimitrios Tsamis1, Maria Natoudi, Aggeliki Arapaki, Ioannis Flessas, Ioanna Papailiou, Konstantinos Bramis, Georgios Zografos, Emmanouil Leandros, Konstantinos Albanopoulos

Author Affiliations

1: Endoscopic Surgery Department, Ά Propaideutic Surgical Clinic of University of Athens, Hippokration Hospital, Vas. Sofias 114, Athens, 11527, Greece, tsamisdim@hotmail.com.

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