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Chylous Ascites as an Incidental Finding During Explorative Laparoscopy Due to Abdominal Pain Following Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass

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The authors express their gratitude toward Mr. Amirsalar Moazen Safaei and Dr. Hamidreza Zefreh for their technical notes and support.

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  1. Minimally Invasive Surgery Research Center, Division of Minimally Invasive and Bariatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, Rasool-E Akram Hospital, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

    Shahab Shahabi, Erfan Sheikhbahaei, Amir Hossein Davarpanah Jazi & Elyas Mostafapour

  2. Isfahan Minimally Invasive Surgery and Obesity Research Center, Alzahra University Hospital, School of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran

    Erfan Sheikhbahaei & Koorosh Parchami

  3. Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, School of Medicine, Isfahan, Iran

    Koorosh Parchami

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Shahabi, S., Sheikhbahaei, E., Davarpanah Jazi, A.H. et al. Chylous Ascites as an Incidental Finding During Explorative Laparoscopy Due to Abdominal Pain Following Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass. OBES SURG 33, 2583–2584 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11695-023-06660-w

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