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  1. Department of Upper Gastrointestinal and Bariatric Surgery, Musgrove Park Hospital, Taunton, TA1 5DA, UK

    Richard Welbourn

  2. University Hospital Southampton, Tremona Road, Southampton, SO16 6YD, UK

    James P. Byrne

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Welbourn, R., Byrne, J.P. Letter to the Editor: Do Not Throw the Band Out with the Bath Water. OBES SURG 31, 5476–5477 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11695-021-05558-9

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