Safety and efficacy of laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding in the elderly

Obesity

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 334-338

  Busetto, Luca ^a   Angrisani, Luigi ^b   Basso, Nicola ^c   Favretti, Franco ^d   Furbetta, Francesco ^e   Lorenzo, Michele ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d SAN BORTOLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e Chirurgia Generale e Laparoscopica   (Italy)

^f Italian Group for Lap Band GILB   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; ITALY; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BARIATRIC SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; ITALY; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 39449094625     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2007.85     Document Type: Article

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