Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass for the treatment of morbid obesity: Experience with 50 patients

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 350-353

  Khalaileh, Abed ^a   Matot, Idit ^a   Schweiger, Chaya ^a   Appelbaum, Liat ^a   Elazary, Ram ^a   Keidar, Andrei ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bariatric surgery; Gastric bypass; Laparoscopy; Morbid obesity; Obesity; Roux en Y gastric bypass

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBID OBESITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STOMACH BYPASS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTRIC BYPASS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, MORBID; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 48149113992     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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