Clinical Significance of Central Obesity in Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgery

Obesity Surgery

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 921-925

  Lee, Wei Jei ^a   Wang, Weu ^a   Chen, Tai Chi ^a   Wei, Po Li ^a   Lin, Ching Mei ^a   Huang, Ming Te ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b EN CHU KONG HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bariatric surgery; Central obesity; Laparoscopy; Morbid obesity

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BLEEDING; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; BODY MASS; CENTRAL OBESITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBID OBESITY; OBESITY; PERIPHERAL OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; FEMALE; GASTRIC BYPASS; GASTROPLASTY; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; OBESITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0346887075     PISSN: 09608923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1381/096089203322618786     Document Type: Article

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