Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy for super obese patients: forty-eight percent excess weight loss after 6 to 8 years with 93% follow-up.

Eid, George M; Brethauer, Stacy; Mattar, Samer G; Titchner, Rebecca L; Gourash, William; Schauer, Philip R

Eid, George M; Brethauer, Stacy; Mattar, Samer G; Titchner, Rebecca L; Gourash, William; Schauer, Philip R.

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Eid GM; Department of Veterans Affairs, Pittsburgh Healthcare System, University Drive, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. eidgm@upmc.edu

Ann Surg ; 256(2): 262-5, 2012 Aug.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22791102

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Gastrectomy/methods; Adult; Aged; Body Mass Index; Comorbidity; Diabetes Mellitus/epidemiology; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Humans; Hypertension/epidemiology; Laparoscopy; Male; Middle Aged; Obesity, Morbid/epidemiology; Obesity, Morbid/surgery; Retrospective Studies; Sleep Apnea Syndromes/epidemiology; Treatment Outcome; Weight Loss

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Full text: 1 Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Gastrectomy Type of study: Observational_studies / Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limits: Adult / Aged / Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged Language: En Year: 2012 Type: Article

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