An overview of the management of morbid obesity

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 85, Issue 1010, 2009, Pages 678-681

  Monkhouse, S J W ^a   Morgan, J D T ^a   Bates, S E ^a   Norton, S A ^a  

^a SOUTHMEAD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SIBUTRAMINE; TETRAHYDROLIPSTATIN; ANTIOBESITY AGENT;

BARIATRIC SURGERY; COMORBIDITY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MORBID OBESITY; MORTALITY; PATIENT REFERRAL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; REVIEW; WEIGHT REDUCTION; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION;

ANTI-OBESITY AGENTS; BARIATRIC SURGERY; HUMANS; OBESITY, MORBID; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 77949332244     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: 14690756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.2009.082271     Document Type: Review

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