Comment on: "IFSO Survey: Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Indications and Coverage Worldwide"

Anna Carolina Batista Dantas1

  • 1Unidade de Cirurgia Bariátrica e Metabólica, Disciplina de Cirurgia do Aparelho Digestivo e Coloproctologia, Departamento de Gastroenterologia, Faculdade de Medicina, Hospital das Clínicas HCFMUSP, Universidade de São Paulo, Av. Dr. Enéas Carvalho de Aguiar, 255, 9º Andar, São Paulo, SP, 05403-000, Brazil. carolbatista.med@gmail.com.

Obesity Surgery
|March 5, 2024
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