Quality of life and resolution of co-morbidities in super-obese patients remaining morbidly obese after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass

Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 387-391

  Bennett, John C ^a   Wang, Hongkun ^a   Schirmer, Bruce D ^a   Northup, C Joe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Bariatric surgery; Co morbid conditions; Co morbidities; Gastric bypass; Morbid obesity; Super obese

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EXERCISE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; MORBID OBESITY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; ROUX Y ANASTOMOSIS; SELF ESTEEM; STOMACH BYPASS;

ANASTOMOSIS, ROUX-EN-Y; BODY MASS INDEX; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; GASTRIC BYPASS; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY, MORBID; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34249097815     PISSN: 15507289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soard.2007.02.013     Document Type: Article

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