Patient satisfaction and results of vertical banded gastroplasty and gastric bypass

Obesity Surgery

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 33-35

  Choi, Yong ^a   Frizzi, James ^a   Foley, Anthony ^a   Harkabus, Michael ^a,b  

^a Dwight David Eisenhower Army Med C   (United States)

^b General Surgery Service   (United States)

Author keywords

Bariatric surgery; Morbid obesity; Therapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROPLASTY; HUMAN; MALE; MORBID OBESITY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH BYPASS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 0032985358     PISSN: 09608923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1381/096089299765553719     Document Type: Article

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