Does weight loss immediately before bariatric surgery improve outcomes: a systematic review

Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 713-721

  Livhits, Masha ^a,b   Mercado, Cheryl ^a   Yermilov, Irina ^a,b   Parikh, Janak A ^a,b   Dutson, Erik ^a   Mehran, Amir ^a   Ko, Clifford Y ^a,b   Gibbons, Melinda Maggard ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bariatric surgery; Outcomes; Predictors; Preoperative weight loss; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

BARIATRIC SURGERY; CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; META ANALYSIS; OPERATION DURATION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; ROUX Y ANASTOMOSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

BARIATRIC SURGERY; HUMANS; OBESITY, MORBID; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 70450233497     PISSN: 15507289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soard.2009.08.014     Document Type: Review

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