Are African-Americans as successful as caucasians after laparoscopic gastric bypass?

Obesity Surgery

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 460-464

  Madan, Atul K ^a   Whitfield, John D ^a   Fain, John N ^a   Beech, Bettina M ^b   Ternovits, Craig A ^c   Menachery, Suraj ^d   Tichansky, David S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Surgical Associates SC   (United States)

^d DeKalb Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Caucasian; Laparoscopic Roux en Y gastric bypass; Morbid obesity; Obesity surgery; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; CAUCASIAN; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; ROUX Y ANASTOMOSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STOMACH BYPASS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; BODY MASS INDEX; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTRIC BYPASS; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; OBESITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 34249817600     PISSN: 09608923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11695-007-9083-5     Document Type: Review

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