Jejuno-Jejunal Intussusception after Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass

Brecht Chys1,2, Johan Fierens3, Stefan Sohier3

  • 1Department of abdominal surgery, Jan Yperman Hospital, Ypres, Belgium. brecht.chys@yperman.net.

Obesity Surgery
|May 29, 2020
PubMed
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