| Literature DB >> 17509383 |
Daniel Leslie1, Todd A Kellogg, Sayeed Ikramuddin.
Abstract
The increasing prevalence of morbid obesity in North America combined with the refinement of laparoscopic techniques for the performing these operations has contributed to the exponential growth of bariatric surgery over the last 10 years. There are many important considerations for the internist who is referring a patient for bariatric surgery.Entities:
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Year: 2007 PMID： 17509383 DOI： 10.1016/j.mcna.2007.02.004
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Med Clin North Am ISSN： 0025-7125 Impact factor: 5.456