Revisiting childhood obesity: Persistent underutilization of surgical intervention?

American Surgeon

Volumn 78, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 788-793

  Oyetunji, Tolulope A ^a   Franklin, Ashanti L ^a   Ortega, Gezzer ^b   Akolkar, Namita ^a   Qureshi, Faisal G ^c   Abdullah, Fizan ^d   Cornwell, Edward E ^a   Nwomeh, Benedict C ^e   Fullum, Terrence M ^a  

^a HOWARD UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Division of Minimally Invasive and Bariatric Surgery   (United States)

^c CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BARIATRIC SURGERY; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GASTRIC BANDING; GASTROENTEROSTOMY; GASTROPLASTY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HISPANIC; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBID OBESITY; PACIFIC ISLANDER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; STOMACH BYPASS;

ADOLESCENT; BARIATRIC SURGERY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; OBESITY, MORBID; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84863576223     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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