Obesity surgery: Evidence-based guidelines of the European Association for Endoscopic Surgery (E.A.E.S.)

Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 200-221

  Sauerland, S ^a,b   Angrisani, L ^c   Belachew, M ^d   Chevallier, J M ^e   Favretti, F ^f   Finer, N ^g   Fingerhut, A ^h   Garcia Caballero, M ⁱ   Guisado MacIas, J A ^j   Mittermair, R ^k   Morino, M ^l   Msika, S ^m   Rubino, F ⁿ   Tacchino, R ^o   Weiner, R ^p   Neugebauer, E A M ^a,b  

^a c/o EAES Office ^*  (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^d Service de Chirurgie Universitaire   (Belgium)

^e HÔPITAL EUROPÉEN GEORGES POMPIDOU   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^g ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^h CENTRE HOSPITALIER INTERCOMMUNAL   (France)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^j Mental Health Department   (Spain)

^k UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^l UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^m HÔPITAL LOUIS MOURIER   (France)

ⁿ Hopitaux Uiversitaires   (France)

^o CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^p KRANKENHAUS SACHSENHAUSEN   (Germany)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BARIUM MEAL; BILIOPANCREATIC BYPASS; BODY MASS; COMORBIDITY; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; CONSULTATION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GASTRIC BANDING; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GASTROPLASTY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MORBID OBESITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; ROUX Y ANASTOMOSIS; SCREENING TEST; SPIROMETRY; STOMACH BYPASS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BILIOPANCREATIC DIVERSION; BODY MASS INDEX; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; EUROPE; FEMALE; GASTRIC BYPASS; GASTROPLASTY; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; OBESITY, MORBID; PATIENT CARE TEAM; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 21044441194     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-004-9194-1     Document Type: Article

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