"What are the yanks doing?" The U.S. experience with Implantable Gastric Stimulation (IGS) for the treatment of obesity - Update on the ongoing clinical trials

Obesity Surgery

Volumn 14, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2004, Pages

  Shikora, Scott A ^a,b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bariatric surgery; Gastric stimulation; Laparoscopy; Morbid obesity; Obesity; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APPETITE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBID OBESITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAFETY; SATIETY; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 4644251526     PISSN: 09608923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03342137     Document Type: Conference Paper

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