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  1. Department of Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgery, St Blasius General Hospital, 50 Kroonveldlaan, Dendermonde, 9200, Belgium

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  2. Department of abdominal surgery, Heilig Hart general hospital, 105 Naamse Straat, Leuven, 3000, Belgium

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  3. Division of Laparoscopic and Bariatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, Joan and Standford I. Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York Presbyterian Hospital-Weill Cornell Medical Center, 525 East 68th Street, Mailbox 294, New York, NY, 10021, USA

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Himpens, J.M., Vleugels, T.P. (2006). Adjustable Gastric Banding (LAGB) for Morbid Obesity. In: Assalia, A., Gagner, M., Schein, M. (eds) Controversies in Laparoscopic Surgery. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-30964-0_32

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