Maintenance of weight loss in patients with body mass index >60 kg/m2: importance of length of small bowel bypassed

Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 404-406

  Hamoui, Nahid ^a   Anthone, Gary J ^a   Kaufman, Howard S ^a   Crookes, Peter F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biliopancreatic limb; Duodenal switch; Small bowel length; Superobese

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; HEMOGLOBIN; HUMAN ALBUMIN; POTASSIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BILIOPANCREATIC BYPASS; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTESTINE BYPASS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL PARAMETERS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; BILIOPANCREATIC DIVERSION; BODY MASS INDEX; DUODENUM; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY, MORBID; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 43649094300     PISSN: 15507289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soard.2007.08.020     Document Type: Article

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