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Bariatric Surgery Should Be Offered to Active-Duty Military Personnel: a Retrospective Study of the Canadian Armed Forces’ Experience

PURPOSE: Like most Western armies, obesity affects Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) personnel. Bariatric surgery is an effective treatment for obesity. However, this is not yet accepted for active-duty soldiers in most countries. The CAF have approved bariatric surgery since 2005. Our aim is to assess we...

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Autores principales: Mailloux, Olivier, Tassé, Nicolas, Tchernof, André, Nadeau, Mélanie, Dawe, Philip, Beckett, Andrew, Biertho, Laurent
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer US 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10079743/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36708465
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11695-023-06455-z