| Literature DB >> 19242883 |
S Kuesters1, G Marjanovic, W K Karcz.
Abstract
Because of the growing prevalence of morbid obesity, bariatric surgery is getting more and more important. According to the growing number of bariatric operations, the number of patients in need of revisionary surgery is also growing, mostly because of insufficient weight loss. This article gives an outline of indications, preoperative diagnostics and revisionary operations in bariatric surgery.Entities:
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Year: 2009 PMID: 19242883 DOI: 10.1055/s-0028-1098805
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Zentralbl Chir ISSN: 0044-409X Impact factor: 0.942