Selection of patients for anti-obesity surgery

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 25, Issue , 2001, Pages S107-S112

  Kral, J G ^a  

^a SUNY Downstate Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Gastric bypass; Gastroplasty; Randomized trials; Severe obesity; Surgical indications

Indexed keywords

ACARBOSE; TETRAHYDROLIPSTATIN;

ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BILIOPANCREATIC BYPASS; BODY COMPOSITION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY BALANCE; EXPECTATION; GASTRIC BANDING; GASTROPLASTY; HUMAN; INTESTINE RESECTION; MORBID OBESITY; MOTIVATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STOMACH BYPASS; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BODY MASS INDEX; COMORBIDITY; HUMANS; OBESITY, MORBID; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SELECTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034967748     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: 14765497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0801712     Document Type: Article

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