Laparoscopic vertical banded gastroplasty: Early results with the JOVO procedure

Obesity Surgery

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 62-64

  Voitk, Andrus ^a   Rizoli, Sandro ^a   Joffe, Jacobo ^a   Yau, Patrick ^a  

^a SCARBOROUGH HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bariatric surgery; Laparoscopic vertical banded gastroplasty; Morbid obesity; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

BARIATRIC SURGERY; BODY MASS; CONFERENCE PAPER; FOLLOW UP; GASTRIC BANDING; GASTROPLASTY; HUMAN; MORBID OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SAFETY; SATISFACTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; FEMALE; GASTROPLASTY; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036178446     PISSN: 09608923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1381/096089202321144603     Document Type: Article

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