Lap band
Posted By: lola on 2007-08-29
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Subject: Lap band
When I look it up, it is always upper case>> LAP-BAND
should it always be transcribed this way. If so, what about lap banding.
patient is doing well 2 weeks' status post lap-banding.
Any clues?
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