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Obesity surgery in a 12-year-old--an Ecuadorian experience
Jesse M Leon1, Joseph W McDermott, Isabel M Salcedo
1San Francisco General Hospital, Guayaquil, Ecuador. drjmleon@gmail.com
Obesity Surgery
|May 5, 2007
Abstract:
The obesity epidemic is prevalent in Latin America. Our surgical team has had a significant number of consultations from parents and doctors of the obese child population. A case in a morbidly obese 12-year-old is hereby reported.
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