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A sleeve gastrectomy, also known as a gastric sleeve, is the most common bariatric surgery in the U.S. It’s also a procedure that an increasing number of providers...
The first time Elizabeth “Betsy” Dovec, MD, FACS, FASMBS, DBOM, performed a laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy in an ambulatory surgery center setting...
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