Bariatric surgery operating room time--size matters.

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Published in Obes Surg on June 01, 2015

Authors

Joseph A Sanford1, Bassam Kadry, Jay B Brodsky, Alex Macario

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Stanford University Medical Center, 300 Pasteur Drive, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA, jasanford@gmail.com.

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