The Lap-Band system in the United States: One surgeon's experience with 271 patients

Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 198-202

  Spivak, H ^a   Anwar, F ^a   Burton, S ^a   Guerrero, C ^a   Onn, A ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BLEEDING; BODY MASS; COMORBIDITY; ESOPHAGUS OBSTRUCTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTRIC BANDING; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GASTROPLASTY; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TEXAS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1542316316     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-003-8825-2     Document Type: Article

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