Italian group for Lap-Band System®: Results of multicenter study on patients with BMI ≤35 kg/m2

Obesity Surgery

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 415-418

  Angrisani, L ^a   Favretti, F ^a   Furbetta, F ^a   Iuppa, A ^a   Doldi, S B ^a   Paganelli, M ^a   Basso, N ^a   Lucchese, M ^a   Zappa, M ^a   Lesti, G ^a   Capizzi, F D ^a   Giardiello, C ^a   Di Lorenzo, N ^a   Paganini, A ^a   Di Cosmo, L ^a   Veneziani, A ^a   Lacitignola, S ^a   Silecchia, G ^a   Alkilani, M ^a   Forestieri, P ^a   Puglisi, F ^a   Gardinazzi, A ^a   Toppino, M ^a   Campanile, F ^a   Marzano, B ^a   Bernante, P ^a   Perrotta, G ^a   Borrelli, V ^a   Lorenzo, M ^a   more..

^a Italian Group for Lap Band GILB   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bariatric surgery; Co morbidities; Complications; Gastric banding; Laparoscopy; Obesity; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BODY MASS; COMORBIDITY; DEVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; STOMACH PERFORATION; STOMACH POUCH; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; GASTROPLASTY; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 12144291363     PISSN: 09608923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1381/096089204322917963     Document Type: Article

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