The incidence of bariatric surgery has plateaued in the U.S.

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 200, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 378-385

  Livingston, Edward H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b The University of Texas at Arlington   (United States)

Author keywords

Bariatric surgery incidence; Complication rates; Costs; Epidemiology

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY SURGERY; ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; COST CONTROL; GASTRIC BANDING; GASTROENTEROSTOMY; GASTROJEJUNOSTOMY; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROUX Y ANASTOMOSIS; STOMACH BYPASS; UNITED STATES;

BARIATRIC SURGERY; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; OBESITY, MORBID; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77956186201     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2009.11.007     Document Type: Article

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