Singapore experience in obesity surgery

Obesity Surgery

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1103-1107

  Ti, Thiow Kong ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b MOUNT ELIZABETH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Bariatric surgery; Gastric banding; Gastric bypass; Gastroplasty; Laparoscopy; Morbid obesity; Singapore

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIA; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GASTRIC BANDING; GASTROPLASTY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROUX Y ANASTOMOSIS; SINGAPORE; STOMACH ANTRUM PROLAPSE; SURGICAL STAPLING; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; GASTRIC BYPASS; GASTROPLASTY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SINGAPORE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 4644298375     PISSN: 09608923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1381/0960892041975640     Document Type: Article

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