American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery estimation of bariatric surgery procedures in 2015 and surgeon workforce in the United States

Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 1637-1639

  Ponce, Jaime ^a   DeMaria, Eric J ^b   Nguyen, Ninh T ^c   Hutter, Matthew ^d   Sudan, Ranjan ^e   Morton, John M ^f  

^a Chattanooga Bariatrics   (United States)

^b Bon Secours Health System   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY SURGERY; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BODY MASS; DATA BASE; GASTRIC BALLOON; GASTRIC BAND; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETIREMENT; REVIEW; SURGEON; UNITED STATES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

BARIATRIC SURGERY; HEALTH MANPOWER; HUMANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85000392898     PISSN: 15507289     EISSN: 18787533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soard.2016.08.488     Document Type: Review

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