Bariatric surgery patients exhibit improved memory function 12 months postoperatively

Obesity Surgery

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1527-1535

  Miller, Lindsay A ^a   Crosby, Ross D ^b   Galioto, Rachel ^a   Strain, Gladys ^c   Devlin, Michael J ^d   Wing, Rena ^e   Cohen, Ronald A ^e   Paul, Robert H ^f   Mitchell, James E ^b   Gunstad, John ^a,g  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences Southeast Campus   (United States)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^d NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^e BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^g SUMMA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Bariatric surgery; Cognitive function; Longitudinal assessment; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BODY MASS; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BODY MASS INDEX; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OBESITY, MORBID; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 84884674647     PISSN: 09608923     EISSN: 17080428     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11695-013-0970-7     Document Type: Article

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