Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Volume 42, Issue 1 , Pages 137-142 , January 2007

Short-term results in 53 US obese pediatric patients treated with laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding

  • Evan P. Nadler

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pediatric Surgery, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA
    • Department of Surgery, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 212 263 7391; fax: +1 212 263 6590.
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  • Heekoung A. Youn

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA
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  • Howard B. Ginsburg

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pediatric Surgery, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA
    • Department of Surgery, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA
    • ,
  • Christine J. Ren

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA
    • ,
  • George A. Fielding

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA

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 Presented at the 37th Annual Meeting of the American Pediatric Surgical Association, May 20–24, 2006, Hilton Head, SC.

PII: S0022-3468(06)00666-X

doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2006.09.014

Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Volume 42, Issue 1 , Pages 137-142 , January 2007

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