Bariatric Surgery

Volume: 292, Issue: 14, Pages: 1724 - 1724
Published: Oct 13, 2004
Abstract
About 5% of the US population is morbidly obese. This disease remains largely refractory to diet and drug therapy, but generally responds well to bariatric surgery.To determine the impact of bariatric surgery on weight loss, operative mortality outcome, and 4 obesity comorbidities (diabetes, hyperlipidemia, hypertension, and obstructive sleep apnea).Electronic literature search of MEDLINE, Current Contents, and the Cochrane Library databases...
Paper Details
Title
Bariatric Surgery
Published Date
Oct 13, 2004
Journal
Volume
292
Issue
14
Pages
1724 - 1724
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