The pathophysiology of severe obesity and the effects of surgically induced weight loss

Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 109-119

  Sugerman, Harvey J ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal pressure; Comorbidity; Diabetes; Gastroesophageal reflux; GERD; Hypertension; Metabolic syndrome; Morbid obesity; Obesity hypoventilation; Pseudotumor cerebri; Sleep apnea; Venous statis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BRAIN PSEUDOTUMOR; CANCER RISK; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HEART DISEASE; HERNIA; HUMAN; HYPERCOAGULABILITY; HYPERTENSION; HYPOVENTILATION; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG EMBOLISM; MORBID OBESITY; MORTALITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; NONHUMAN; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PANNICULITIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERITONITIS; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SOCIAL DISABILITY; URINE INCONTINENCE; VENOUS STASIS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

BARIATRIC SURGERY; HUMANS; OBESITY, MORBID; RISK FACTORS; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 33646456918     PISSN: 15507289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soard.2005.01.004     Document Type: Article

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