Intragastric balloons for preoperative weight reduction

Obesity Surgery

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 58-60

  De Waele, B ^a   Reynaert, H ^a   Urbain, D ^a   Willems, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Endoscopy; Gastric balloon; Morbid obesity; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BALLOON; BODY MASS; CASE REPORT; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MORBID OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

FEMALE; GASTRIC BALLOON; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, MORBID; PREOPERATIVE CARE; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 0034014461     PISSN: 09608923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1381/09608920060674139     Document Type: Article

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