Benefits to Patients Choosing Preoperative Weight Loss in Gastric Bypass Surgery: New Results of a Randomized Trial

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 208, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 241-245

  Solomon, Houman ^a   Liu, Gigi Y ^a   Alami, Ramzi ^b   Morton, John ^a   Curet, Myriam J ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STOMACH BYPASS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; GASTRIC BYPASS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, MORBID; PREOPERATIVE CARE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 58249119430     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2008.09.028     Document Type: Article

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