Patients who are delayed from undergoing bariatric surgery do not have improved weight loss

Obesity Surgery

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 278-281

  Madan, Atul K ^a   Dhawan, Naveen ^b   Coday, MacE ^b   Tichansky, David S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Bariatric surgery; Delayed surgery; Morbid obesity; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANK SUM TEST; SURGICAL PATIENT; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; FEMALE; GASTRIC BYPASS; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; OBESITY, MORBID; TIME FACTORS; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 40049084766     PISSN: 09608923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11695-007-9385-7     Document Type: Article

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