Simultaneous intra-gastric balloon removal and laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy for the super-super obese patients - A prospective feasibility study

Obesity Surgery

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 585-587

  Khan, Omar ^a   Irukulla, Shashidhar ^a   Sanmugalingam, Nimalan ^a   Vasilikostas, Georgios ^a   Reddy, Marcus ^a   Wan, Andrew ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Intra gastric balloon; Sleeve gastrectomy; Super super obese

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTRIC BALLOON; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MALE; MORBID OBESITY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SLEEVE GASTRECTOMY; STAPLER; STOMACH ULCER; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BODY MASS INDEX; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; GASTRIC BALLOON; GASTROPLASTY; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, MORBID; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84876474732     PISSN: 09608923     EISSN: 17080428     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11695-013-0871-9     Document Type: Article

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