Laparoscopic gastric banding for morbid obesity: Surgical outcome in 335 cases

Surgical Endoscopy

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 550-554

  Fielding, G A ^a   Rhodes, M ^a   Nathanson, L K ^a  

^a Sandford Jackson Building ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Gastric banding; Laparoscopy; Morbid obesity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GASTRIC BANDING; GASTROPLASTY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBID OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTROPLASTY; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 0033000383     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004649901038     Document Type: Article

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