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Review
. 2022 Jun;22(6):231-237.
doi: 10.1016/j.bjae.2021.12.007. Epub 2022 Apr 11.

Anaesthesia for bariatric surgery

K Reeve  1 , N Kennedy  1
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Review

Anaesthesia for bariatric surgery

K Reeve et al. BJA Educ. 2022 Jun.
No abstract available

Keywords: anaesthesia; bariatric; obesity.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.

Figures

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Anatomy of bariatric surgical procedures: (a) Gastric band, (b) Sleeve gastrectomy, (c) Roux-en-Y gastric bypass.
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