Band versus bypass: influence of an educational seminar and surgeon visit on patient preference

Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 452-455

  Taddeucci, Raymond J ^a   Madan, Atul K ^a   Tichansky, David S ^a  

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

Author keywords

Bariatric surgery; Education; Laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding; Laparoscopic gastric bypass; Patient choice

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GASTRIC BANDING; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; OBESITY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ROUX Y ANASTOMOSIS; STOMACH BYPASS; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GASTRIC BYPASS; GASTROPLASTY; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 34447316211     PISSN: 15507289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soard.2006.10.012     Document Type: Article

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