Obesity is Correlated to Prior Paraesophageal Repair Failure: Experience from a Non-University Tertiary Care Center

Shankar Logarajah¹, Jash Karumuri¹, David Ahle¹, Muhammad Darwish¹, Michael Jureller¹, Houssam Osman^{1

2}, D Rohan Jeyarajah^{3

4}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgery, Methodist Richardson Medical Center, 2805 East President George Bush Highway, Richardson, TX, 75082, USA.
² Department of Surgery, TCU Burnett School of Medicine, 3430 Camp Bowie Boulevard, Fort Worth, Richardson, TX, USA.
³ Department of Surgery, Methodist Richardson Medical Center, 2805 East President George Bush Highway, Richardson, TX, 75082, USA. rohanjeyarajah@gmail.com.
⁴ Department of Surgery, TCU Burnett School of Medicine, 3430 Camp Bowie Boulevard, Fort Worth, Richardson, TX, USA. rohanjeyarajah@gmail.com.

Shankar Logarajah et al. J Gastrointest Surg. 2023 Apr.

. 2023 Apr;27(4):786-789.

doi: 10.1007/s11605-022-05505-8. Epub 2022 Nov 17.

Shankar Logarajah¹, Jash Karumuri¹, David Ahle¹, Muhammad Darwish¹, Michael Jureller¹, Houssam Osman^{1

2}, D Rohan Jeyarajah^{3

4}

¹ Department of Surgery, Methodist Richardson Medical Center, 2805 East President George Bush Highway, Richardson, TX, 75082, USA.
² Department of Surgery, TCU Burnett School of Medicine, 3430 Camp Bowie Boulevard, Fort Worth, Richardson, TX, USA.
³ Department of Surgery, Methodist Richardson Medical Center, 2805 East President George Bush Highway, Richardson, TX, 75082, USA. rohanjeyarajah@gmail.com.
⁴ Department of Surgery, TCU Burnett School of Medicine, 3430 Camp Bowie Boulevard, Fort Worth, Richardson, TX, USA. rohanjeyarajah@gmail.com.

No abstract available

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