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Carcinoid tumor and bariatric surgery
Ara Keshishian1, John Hamilton, Lily Hwang
1Department of Surgery, Delano Regional Medical Center, 1205 Garces Highway, Suite 303, Delano, CA 93215, USA. keshishiana@gr-ds.com
Obesity Surgery
|February 6, 2003
Abstract:
Carcinoid is a rare gastrointestinal tumor. We have noticed a high incidence of carcinoid in our patient population during the gastric reduction-duodenal switch operation. Further studies are needed to identify any potential correlation between morbid obesity and carcinoid tumors.
