Laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding: Early experience in 400 consecutive patients in the USA

Obesity Surgery

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 82-87

  Watkins, Brad M ^a   Montgomery, Kevin F ^a   Ahroni, Jessie H ^b  

^a Northwest Weight Loss Surgery   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Bariatric surgery; Gastric banding; Lap band; Laparoscopy; Morbid obesity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BODY MASS; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; GASTRIC BANDING; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTESTINE PERFORATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBID OBESITY; OPERATION DURATION; OUTPATIENT; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STOMA; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GASTROPLASTY; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, MORBID; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 13444258048     PISSN: 09608923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1381/0960892052993602     Document Type: Article

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