Risks and benefits of bariatric surgery: current evidence - PubMed (original) (raw)
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. 2006 Nov;73(11):993-1007.
doi: 10.3949/ccjm.73.11.993.
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- DOI: 10.3949/ccjm.73.11.993
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Risks and benefits of bariatric surgery: current evidence
Stacy A Brethauer et al. Cleve Clin J Med. 2006 Nov.
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Abstract
Patients typically lose more than 50% of their excess weight after bariatric surgery. Obesity-related diseases markedly improve, reducing cardiovascular risk and improving life expectancy. Obese patients lose more weight with bariatric surgery than with medical weight-loss treatment.
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- Bariatric surgery: part of the answer to the obesity epidemic.
Cefalu WT. Cefalu WT. Cleve Clin J Med. 2006 Nov;73(11):969-70. doi: 10.3949/ccjm.73.11.969. Cleve Clin J Med. 2006. PMID: 17128538 No abstract available. - Bariatric surgery.
Pittenger GL, Vinik AI. Pittenger GL, et al. Cleve Clin J Med. 2007 Mar;74(3):237; author reply 237-8. doi: 10.3949/ccjm.74.3.237. Cleve Clin J Med. 2007. PMID: 17375805 No abstract available.
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