Outpatient weight loss surgery: Initiating a gastric bypass and gastric banding ambulatory weight loss surgery center

Journal of the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 50-55

  Sasse, Kent C ^a   Ganser, John H ^a   Kozar, Mark D ^a   Watson II, Robert W ^a   Lim, Dionne C L ^a   McGinley, Laurie ^a   Smith, Curtis J ^a   Bovee, Vicki ^a   Beh, Jenna ^a  

^a Western Bariatric Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambulatory surgery; Laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding (LAGB); Laparoscopic Roux en Y gastric bypass (LRYGB); Morbid obesity; Outpatient surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GASTROPLASTY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORBID OBESITY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STOMACH BYPASS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; FEMALE; GASTRIC BYPASS; GASTROPLASTY; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, MORBID; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICENTERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 67149120567     PISSN: 10868089     EISSN: 19383797     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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