Low-back pain in morbidly obese patients and the effect of weight loss following surgery

Obesity Surgery

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 389-393

  Melissas, John ^a   Volakakis, Evaggelos ^a   Hadjipavlou, Alexander ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Back pain; Bariatric surgery; Morbid obesity; Obesity associated disorders; Vertical banded gastroplasty

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GASTRIC BANDING; GASTROPLASTY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MORBID OBESITY; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTICAL BANDED GASTROPLASTY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTROPLASTY; GREECE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, MORBID; PAIN MEASUREMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 0038118345     PISSN: 09608923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1381/096089203765887714     Document Type: Article

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