Outcome following bariatric surgery in super versus morbidly obese patients: Does weight matter?

Obesity Surgery

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 414-419

  Bloomston, Mark ^a   Zervos, Emmanuel E ^a   Camps, Mario A ^a   Goode, Sarah E ^a   Rosemurgy, Alexander S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b TAMPA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bariatric surgery; Gastric bypass; Gastroplasty; Morbid obesity; Super obesity; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; GASTROPLASTY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBID OBESITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH BYPASS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 15444339873     PISSN: 09608923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1381/096089297765555395     Document Type: Article

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