Fixation of the access-port is not required in gastric banding

Obesity Surgery

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 577-580

  Arvind, Nitin ^a   Bates, Sharon E ^a   Morgan, Justin D T ^a   Hewin, David F ^b   Frering, Vincent M ^c   Norton, Sally A ^a  

^a SOUTHMEAD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b GLOUCESTERSHIRE ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Centre de Consultations Spécialisées de la Sauvegarde   (France)

Author keywords

Bariatric surgery; Gastric banding; Morbid obesity; Weight reduction

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTRIC BANDING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTROPLASTY; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, MORBID; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34250624465     PISSN: 09608923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11695-007-9099-x     Document Type: Article

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