Letter to the Editor: Experience of Endoscopic Intra-Gastric Balloons Removal During COVID-19 Pandemic in 98 Patients

Nesreen Khidir¹, Asaad Salama², Moataz Bashah^{2

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Affiliations

¹ Department of Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery, Hamad Medical Corporation, P. O. Box 3050, Doha, Qatar. Dr_sora4@hotmail.com.
² Department of Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery, Hamad Medical Corporation, P. O. Box 3050, Doha, Qatar.
³ Weill Cornell Medical College, Doha, Qatar.

Nesreen Khidir et al. Obes Surg. 2021 Mar.

. 2021 Mar;31(3):1351-1352.

doi: 10.1007/s11695-020-05046-6. Epub 2020 Oct 13.

Nesreen Khidir¹, Asaad Salama², Moataz Bashah^{2

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¹ Department of Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery, Hamad Medical Corporation, P. O. Box 3050, Doha, Qatar. Dr_sora4@hotmail.com.
² Department of Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery, Hamad Medical Corporation, P. O. Box 3050, Doha, Qatar.
³ Weill Cornell Medical College, Doha, Qatar.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.

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