Effect of preoperative knowledge on weight loss after laparoscopic gastric bypass

Obesity Surgery

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 768-771

  Orth, Whitney S ^a   Madan, Atul K ^b   Ternovits, Craig A ^c   Tichansky, David S ^a  

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

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

^c MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bariatric surgery; Laparoscopic gastric bypass; Preoperative education process; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MORBID OBESITY; PREOPERATIVE EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STOMACH BYPASS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTRIC BYPASS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, MORBID; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 46949106601     PISSN: 09608923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11695-007-9317-6     Document Type: Article

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