Impact of routine and long-term follow-up on weight loss after laparoscopic gastric bypass

Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 627-630

  Gould, Jon C ^a   Beverstein, Gretchen ^a   Reinhardt, Susan ^a   Garren, Michael J ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Bariatric surgery; Follow up; Insurance coverage; Laparoscopic gastric bypass; Long term weight loss

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STOMACH BYPASS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTRIC BYPASS; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, MORBID; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 36048984103     PISSN: 15507289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soard.2007.07.005     Document Type: Article

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