Postoperative laparoscopic bariatric surgery patients do not remember potential complications

Obesity Surgery

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 885-888

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

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

^b Surgical Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Bariatric surgery; Complications; Memory; Morbid obesity; Patient education

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; GASTRIC BANDING; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALNUTRITION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM; THROMBOEMBOLISM; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

COHORT STUDIES; GASTRIC BYPASS; GASTROPLASTY; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; LAPAROSCOPY; MENTAL RECALL; OBESITY, MORBID; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC;

EID: 35748976263     PISSN: 09608923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11695-007-9164-5     Document Type: Article

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