Comparison of bariatric and non-bariatric elective operations in morbidly obese patients on the basis of wound infection

Obesity Surgery

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1271-1276

  Topaloglu, Serdar ^a,b   Avsar, Fatih M ^a   Ozel, Hakan ^a   Babacan, Merve ^a   Berkem, Huseyin ^a   Yildiz, Yigit ^a   Hengirmen, Suleyman ^a  

^a ANKARA TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Bariatric surgery; Elective surgery; Gastroplasty; Morbid obesity; Wound infection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BODY MASS; CHRONIC RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROPLASTY; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MORBID OBESITY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, MORBID; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 27644530008     PISSN: 09608923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1381/096089205774512465     Document Type: Article

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