title: Reply to the Letter to the Editor Submitted by Michel Gagner (Publish with OBSU-D-15-00482).
authors.affiliation: Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA. sshikora@partners.org.
authors.forename: Scott A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Shikora
authors.affiliation: Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
authors.forename: Christine Brown
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Mahoney
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005743:Gastrectomy / Q000379:methods*; D015390:Gastric Bypass / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D009767:Obesity, Morbid / Q000601:surgery*; D017792:Surgical Stapling / Q000379:methods*