Hospital volume and outcomes for laparoscopic gastric bypass and adjustable gastric banding in the modern era

Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 343-349

  Varban, Oliver A ^a   Reames, Bradley N ^a   Finks, Jonathan F ^a   Thumma, Jyothi R ^a   Dimick, Justin B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Bariatric surgery; Patient safety; Surgical complications

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; COMPLICATION; GASTRIC BANDING; HIGH VOLUME HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC GASTRIC BYPASS; LAPAROSCOPIC ROUX EN Y GASTRIC BYPASS; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LOW VOLUME HOSPITAL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; ROUX Y ANASTOMOSIS; STOMACH BYPASS; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; BODY WEIGHT LOSS; CLINICAL TRIAL; GASTRIC BYPASS SURGERY; GASTROPLASTY; HOSPITALIZATION; INCIDENCE; LAPAROSCOPY; MORBID OBESITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

GASTRIC BYPASS; GASTROPLASTY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LAPAROSCOPY; OBESITY, MORBID; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 84929501535     PISSN: 15507289     EISSN: 18787533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soard.2014.09.030     Document Type: Article

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