Outcomes of the laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy in the medicare population

Obesity Surgery

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1785-

  Bayham, Brooke ^a   Greenway, Frank ^a   Bellanger, Drake ^a  

^a PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; LAPAROSCOPIC SLEEVE GASTRECTOMY; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEVE GASTRECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AGED; FEMALE; GASTROPLASTY; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, MORBID; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); UNITED STATES;

EID: 84868207931     PISSN: 09608923     EISSN: 17080428     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11695-012-0727-8     Document Type: Letter

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