Initial Experience with Swedish Adjustable Gastric Band at Al-Noor Hospital

Obesity Surgery

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 918-920

  Dhafar, Khalid Obeid ^a  

^a AL NOOR SPECIALIST HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Adjustable gastric banding; Bariatric surgery; Laparoscopy; Morbid obesity; Saudi Arabia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BODY MASS; FEMALE; GASTRIC BANDING; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBID OBESITY; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAUDI ARABIA; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; SURGICAL RISK; SWEDISH ADJUSTABLE GASTRIC BAND; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; FEMALE; GASTROPLASTY; HUMANS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; SAUDI ARABIA; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 0347517716     PISSN: 09608923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1381/096089203322618777     Document Type: Article

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