Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy as an initial weight-loss procedure for high-risk patients with morbid obesity

Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 859-863

  Cottam, D ^a,b   Qureshi, F G ^a,b   Mattar, S G ^a   Sharma, S ^a   Holover, S ^a   Bonanomi, G ^a   Ramanathan, R ^a   Schauer, P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bariatric surgery; Gastric bypass; High risk; Laparoscopy; Morbid obesity; Sleeve gastrectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BODY MASS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SLEEVE GASTRECTOMY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBID OBESITY; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROUX Y ANASTOMOSIS; STOMACH BYPASS; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; GASTRIC BYPASS; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, MORBID; REOPERATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 33744753476     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-005-0134-5     Document Type: Article

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