Natural history of morbid obesity without surgical intervention

Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 73-77

  Sowemimo, Oluseun A ^a   Yood, Steven M ^a   Courtney, John ^a   Moore, Jessie ^a   Huang, Miriam ^a   Ross, Rebecca ^a   McMillian, Ursula ^a   Ojo, Peter ^a   Reinhold, Randolph B ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF SAINT RAPHAEL   (United States)

Author keywords

Morbid obesity; Mortality; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BODY MASS; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH CERTIFICATE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTRIC BANDING; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBID OBESITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; REGISTER; RISK REDUCTION; ROUX Y ANASTOMOSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEX RATIO; STOMACH BYPASS; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL RISK;

ADULT; AGED; BARIATRIC SURGERY; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, MORBID;

EID: 33846329499     PISSN: 15507289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soard.2006.10.017     Document Type: Article

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