Bariatric surgery using a network and teleconferencing to serve remote patients in the Veterans Administration Health Care System: Feasibility and results

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 202, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 71-76

  Sudan, Ranjan ^a,b   Salter, Mary ^b   Lynch, Thomas ^b   Jacobs, Danny O ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VA NEBRASKA WESTERN IOWA HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Bariatric surgery; Obesity; Telemedicine; Veterans

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROUX Y ANASTOMOSIS; TELECONFERENCE; TELECONSULTATION; TELEMEDICINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VETERANS HEALTH;

BARIATRIC SURGERY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REMOTE CONSULTATION; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS;

EID: 79960175635     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: 18791883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2010.06.016     Document Type: Article

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