Early results with a new telemetrically adjustable gastric banding

Obesity Surgery

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 717-721

  Weiner, Rudolf A ^a   Korenkov, Michael ^b   Matzig, Esther ^a   Weiner, Sylvia ^a   Karcz, Woiteck K ^a   Junginger, Theodor ^b  

^a KRANKENHAUS SACHSENHAUSEN   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Co morbidities; Complications; Fasting glucose; Laparoscopy surgery; Morbid obesity; Telemetrically adjustable gastric band; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTRIC BANDING; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMPLANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MALE; MORBID OBESITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TELEMETRICALLY ADJUSTABLE GASTRIC BANDING; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTROPLASTY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, MORBID; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TELEMETRY; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34347265242     PISSN: 09608923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11695-007-9132-0     Document Type: Article

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