A graded, evidence-based summary of evidence for bariatric surgery

Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 430-441

  Brechner, Ross J ^a   Farris, Clay ^a   Harrison, Susan ^a   Tillman, Katherine ^a   Salive, Marcel ^a   Phurrough, Steve ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

Bariatric; Evidence based; Obesity; Review; Surgery

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AMERICAN INDIAN; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BODY MASS; COMORBIDITY; DIET THERAPY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDEMIC; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDICARE; MORBID OBESITY; MORBIDITY; PATIENT SELECTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; STOMACH BYPASS; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL RISK; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

BARIATRIC SURGERY; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; OBESITY, MORBID; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; RISK FACTORS; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 33646454878     PISSN: 15507289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soard.2005.05.008     Document Type: Review

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