Commentary

Bariatric surgery: Asking the right questions

Publish date: November 5, 2013

 

Dr. Schirmer is an ACS Fellow and the Stephen H. Watts Professor of Surgery, University of Virginia Health Sciences Center, Charlottesville.

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