Erratum to: Radiological features of complications of laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding
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Complications of adjustable gastric banding, a radiological pictorial review.
OBJECTIVE The purpose of this article is to review the radiologic appearance of complications of the adjustable gastric band. CONCLUSION Continuous progress in surgical technique of adjustable gastric banding and the increasing experience of surgeons have decreased the rate of complications. However, because different complications may have the same clinical presentation but require different...
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عنوان ژورنال: La radiologia medica
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0033-8362,1826-6983
DOI: 10.1007/s11547-009-0460-0