The effects of Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery on body image

Obesity Surgery

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 265-269

  Neven, Kimberly ^a   Dymek, Maureen ^a   le grange, Daniel ^a   Maasdam, Heidi ^a   Boogerd, Annette C ^a   Alverdy, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bariatric surgery; Body image; Morbid obesity; Roux en Y gastric bypass

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBID OBESITY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROUX Y ANASTOMOSIS; SELF CONCEPT; STOMACH BYPASS;

ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS, ROUX-EN-Y; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTRIC BYPASS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, MORBID; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PILOT PROJECTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036240077     PISSN: 09608923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1381/096089202762552755     Document Type: Article

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