Bariatric surgery: A systematic review of the clinical and economic evidence

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1183-1194

  Padwal, Raj ^a,c   Klarenbach, Scott ^a   Wiebe, Natasha ^a   Hazel, Maureen ^a   Birch, Daniel ^a   Karmali, Shahzeer ^a   Sharma, Arya M ^a   Manns, Braden ^b   Tonelli, Marcello ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

clincical evidence; economic evidence; randomized controlled trials; systematic review

Indexed keywords

APNEA; ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; COMORBIDITY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COST MINIMIZATION ANALYSIS; COST UTILITY ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET THERAPY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSLIPIDEMIA; GASTRIC BANDING; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HERNIA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNAL HERNIA; KIDNEY FAILURE; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; OBESITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OBSTRUCTION; OPERATION DURATION; PERFORATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REOPERATION; ROUX Y ANASTOMOSIS; SLEEVE GASTRECTOMY; STOMACH BYPASS; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT CHANGE; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BARIATRIC SURGERY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; OBESITY; OBESITY, MORBID; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 80755138439     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-011-1721-x     Document Type: Article

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