Survival and changes in comorbidities after bariatric surgery

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 247, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 21-27

  Perry, Cynthia D ^a   Hutter, Matthew M ^b   Smith, Daniel B ^c   Newhouse, Joseph P ^c,d,e   McNeil, Barbara J ^c,f  

^a URBAN INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; MORBID OBESITY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADULT; AGED; BARIATRIC SURGERY; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, MORBID; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 37549001330     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e318142cb4b     Document Type: Article

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