Obesity surgery in a 12-year-old - An Ecuadorian experience

Obesity Surgery

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 258-259

  Leon, Jesse M ^a,b   McDermott, Joseph W ^a   Salcedo, Isabel M ^a   Cassanello, Nino A ^a   Guzman, Soledad ^a   Barriga, Felipe ^a   Flor, Efren ^a   Mariani, Roberto V ^b  

^a San Francisco General Hospital   (Ecuador)

^b San Francisco General Hospital ^*

Author keywords

Bariatric surgery; Children; Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy; Morbid obesity; Obesity

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN;

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEPRESSION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; GASTRIC BANDING; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LABORATORY TEST; MENTAL INSTABILITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; POLYCYTHEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; ECUADOR; GASTRECTOMY; LAPAROSCOPY; MORBID OBESITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

CHILD; ECUADOR; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; OBESITY, MORBID;

EID: 34249857920     PISSN: 09608923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11695-007-9024-3     Document Type: Article

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