Association between support group attendance and weight loss after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass

Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 100-103

  Song, Zirui ^a,b,c   Reinhardt, Kate ^a   Buzdon, Molly ^a   Liao, Peter ^a  

^a UNION MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Laparoscopic Roux en Y gastric bypass; Morbid obesity; Support groups; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBID OBESITY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROUX Y ANASTOMOSIS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STOMACH BYPASS; SUPPORT GROUP; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS, ROUX-EN-Y; FEMALE; GASTRIC BYPASS; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY, MORBID; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 40849118327     PISSN: 15507289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soard.2007.02.010     Document Type: Article

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