Laparoscopic bariatric surgery can be safe for treatment of morbid obesity in patients older than 60 years

Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 613-616

  Hazzan, David ^a   Chin, Edward H ^a   Steinhagen, Emily ^a   Kini, Subhash ^a   Gagner, Michel ^b   Pomp, Alfons ^b   Herron, Daniel ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bariatric surgery; Elderly; Laparoscopy; Morbidity; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BILIOPANCREATIC BYPASS; BODY MASS; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; GASTRIC BANDING; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORBID OBESITY; MORBIDITY; OPERATION DURATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SELECTION; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PLEURA EMPYEMA; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROUX Y ANASTOMOSIS; STOMACH BYPASS; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL MORTALITY; THORAX DRAINAGE; UNITED STATES; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; BARIATRIC SURGERY; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, MORBID; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33751337523     PISSN: 15507289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soard.2006.09.009     Document Type: Article

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