Quality of life after bariatric surgery - Is there a difference?

Chirurgische Gastroenterologie Interdisziplinar

Volumn 21, Issue SUPP, 2005, Pages 34-36

  Weiner, Sylvia ^a   Sauerland, Stefan ^b   Weiner, Rudolf A ^c   Pomhoff, Ingmar ^c  

^a Obesity Academy Frankfurt eV   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c KRANKENHAUS SACHSENHAUSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bariatric surgery; Outcome assessment; Quality control; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BILIOPANCREATIC BYPASS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GASTRIC BANDING; GERMANY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; ROUX Y ANASTOMOSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT FORM 36; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 24344445283     PISSN: 01779990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000084032     Document Type: Conference Paper

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