Modifications of metabolic and cardiovascular risk factors after weight loss induced by laparoscopic gastric banding

Obesity Surgery

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 77-82

  Bacci, Vincenzo ^a   Basso, Maria ^b   Greco, Francesco ^a   Lamberti, Romina ^a   Elmore, Ugo ^a   Restuccia, Angelo ^a   Perrotta, Nicola ^a   Silecchia, Gianfranco ^a   Bucci, Antonello ^a  

^a POLICLINICO UMBERTO I   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bariatric surgery; Diabetes mellitus; Dyslipidemia; Gastric banding; Hypertension; Laparoscopy; Morbid obesity; Morbidity; Postoperative results

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS; COMORBIDITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIABETES MELLITUS; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; GASTRIC BANDING; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBID OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; GASTROPLASTY; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; LAPAROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, MORBID; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0036174670     PISSN: 09608923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1381/096089202321144630     Document Type: Article

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