Laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding: Lessons from the first 500 patients in a single institution

Obesity Surgery

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 446-452

  Dargent, Jerome ^a  

^a Polyclinique de Rillieux   (France)

Author keywords

Bariatric surgery; Gastric banding; Laparoscopy; Morbid obesity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GASTRIC BANDING; GASTROPLASTY; HUMAN; INFECTION; LAPAROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBID OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; STOMACH PERFORATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRANCE; GASTROPLASTY; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, MORBID; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STOMACH; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 0032722612     PISSN: 09608923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1381/096089299765552729     Document Type: Article

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