The SAGES bariatric surgery outcome initiative

Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1429-1438

  Nguyen, N T ^a   Morton, J M ^b   Wolfe, B M ^c   Schirmer, B ^d   Ali, M ^e   Traverso, L W ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Sacramento Bariatric Medical Associates   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f VIRGINIA MASON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bariatric surgery; Database; Morbid obesity; Outcomes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BLEEDING; BODY MASS; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROUX Y ANASTOMOSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STOMACH BYPASS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; BARIATRIC SURGERY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY, MORBID; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 27944498258     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-005-0301-8     Document Type: Article

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