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Guideline is skirted on obesity surgeries.
Kowalczyk L. The Boston Globe. December 22, 2005.

This article reports on several hospitals in Massachusetts that continue to perform obesity surgeries, despite falling short of the recommended number of operations per year to meet voluntary patient safety guidelines.
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