Obesity in the United States: Is there a quick fix? Pros and cons of bariatric surgery from the pediatric perspective

Current Gastroenterology Reports

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 445-450

  Wulkan, Mark L ^a   Durham, Megan M ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; BARIATRIC SURGERY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOLLOW UP; GASTRIC BANDING; HUMAN; OBESITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; ROUX Y ANASTOMOSIS; STOMACH BYPASS; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BARIATRIC SURGERY; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; OBESITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 29444452431     PISSN: 15228037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11894-005-0074-1     Document Type: Review

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