Gastric Bypass for Obesity in the Elderly: Is It as Appropriate as for Young and Middle-Aged Populations?

Obesity Surgery

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1662-1669

  Robert, Maud ^a,b   Pasquer, Arnaud ^a   Espalieu, Philippe ^a,c   Laville, Martine ^b,d   Gouillat, Christian ^a,b   Disse, Emmanuel ^b,d  

^a EDOUARD HERRIOT HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^c CHPL Centre Hospitalier Privé de la Loire   (France)

^d CENTRE HOSPITALIER LYON SUD   (France)

Author keywords

Age stratification; Bariatric surgery; Elderly; Gastric bypass; Morbid obesity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; BODY MASS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STOMACH BYPASS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; GASTRIC BYPASS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 84938937610     PISSN: 09608923     EISSN: 17080428     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11695-014-1247-5     Document Type: Article

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