Mega-obese patients weighing more than 250 kg: A problematic group

Acta Chirurgica Belgica

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 61-64

  Papavramidis, Th ^a,b   Kesisoglou, I ^a   Orailoglou, V ^a   Baltzopoulos, V ^a   Grosomanidis, V ^a   Papavramidis, S ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Bariatric surgery; Gastroplasty; Mega obese patients; Morbid obesity

Indexed keywords

EID: 62249219805     PISSN: 00015458     EISSN: 25770160     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00015458.2009.11680373     Document Type: Article

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