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- Title
Clinical application of laparoscopic bariatric surgery: an evidence-based review.
- Authors
Farrell, Timothy M; Haggerty, Stephen P; Overby, D Wayne; Kohn, Geoffrey P; Richardson, William S; Fanelli, Robert D
- Abstract
Approximately one-third of U.S. adults are obese. Current evidence suggests that surgical therapies offer the morbidly obese the best hope for substantial and sustainable weight loss, with a resultant reduction in morbidity and mortality. Minimally invasive methods have altered the demand for bariatric procedures. However, no evidence-based clinical reviews yet exist to guide patients and surgeons in selecting the bariatric operation most applicable to a given situation.
- Publication
Surgical endoscopy, 2009, Vol 23, Issue 5, p930
- ISSN
1432-2218
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00464-008-0217-1