Surgical treatment of obesity: Who is an appropriate candidate?

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 551-558

  Balsiger, Bruno M ^a,b,c  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b Division of Gastroenterologic and General Surgery   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; OBESITY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0030872813     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4065/72.6.551     Document Type: Review

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