Calculating surgical costs: How accurate and predictable is the cost of a laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass?

Obesity Surgery

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1555-1557

  Mosti, Maureen ^a   Domínguez, Guillermo ^a   Herrera, Miguel F ^a  

^a AMERICAN BRITISH COWDRAY MEDICAL CENTER   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Bariatric surgery; Gastric bypass; Surgical costs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBID OBESITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROUX Y ANASTOMOSIS; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; GASTRIC BYPASS; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, MORBID; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 37549065436     PISSN: 09608923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11695-007-9318-5     Document Type: Article

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