Psychological condition and quality of life in patients with morbid obesity before and after surgical weight loss

Obesity Surgery

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1177-1184

  Mamplekou, E ^a   Komesidou, V ^b   Bissias, Ch ^b   Papakonstantinou, A ^b   Melissas, John ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF IRAKLION   (Greece)

^b EVANGELISMOS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^c Department of Surgery ^*  (Greece)

Author keywords

Bariatric surgery; Gastroplasty; Morbid obesity; Psychologic condition; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BODY MASS; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GASTRIC BANDING; GASTROPLASTY; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBID OBESITY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; FEMALE; GASTROPLASTY; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, MORBID; QUALITY OF LIFE; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 25844519878     PISSN: 09608923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1381/0960892055002356     Document Type: Article

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