Insurance status and outcomes in laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding

Surgical Laparoscopy, Endoscopy and Percutaneous Techniques

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 457-460

  Balash, Paul ^a   Wilson, Nicole ^a   Bruns, Nicholas ^a   Luu, Minh ^a   Francescatti, Amanda ^a   Maroulis, Basile ^a   Autajay, Khristi ^a   Myers, Jonathan ^b  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DayOne Health Outpatient Surgery Center   (United States)

Author keywords

bariatric surgery; gastric banding; weight loss

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; FEMALE; GASTRIC BANDING; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBID OBESITY; OPERATION DURATION; OPERATIVE BLOOD LOSS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ECONOMICS; GASTROPLASTY; LAPAROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; GASTROPLASTY; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 84930013590     PISSN: 15304515     EISSN: 15344908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLE.0b013e31829cec47     Document Type: Article

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