Bariatric surgery: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 292, Issue 14, 2004, Pages 1724-1737

  Buchwald, Henry ^a,g   Avidor, Yoav ^b   Braunwald, Eugene ^c   Jensen, Michael D ^d   Pories, Walter ^e   Fahrbach, Kyle ^f   Schoelles, Karen ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b ETHICON INC   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d Mayo Clinic   (United States)

^e EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f MetaWorks Inc   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIOBESITY AGENT;

BARIATRIC SURGERY; BILIOPANCREATIC BYPASS; BODY MASS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; COMORBIDITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET THERAPY; DUODENUM; GASTRIC BANDING; GASTROPLASTY; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; MORBIDITY; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; REVIEW; SCREENING; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STOMACH BYPASS; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBID OBESITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BILIOPANCREATIC DIVERSION; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; GASTRIC BYPASS; GASTROPLASTY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, MORBID; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 5044242948     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.292.14.1724     Document Type: Review

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