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Laparoscopic adjustable banded roux-en-y gastric bypass as a primary procedure for the super-super-obese (body mass index > 60 kg/m(2))

BACKGROUND: Currently, there is no consensus opinion regarding the optimal procedure of choice in super-super-morbid obesity (Body mass index, BMI > 60 kg/m2). Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) is associated with failure to achieve or maintain 50% excess weight loss (EWL) or BMI < 35 in approxim...

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Autores principales: Dillemans, Bruno, Van Cauwenberge, Sebastiaan, Agrawal, Sanjay, Van Dessel, Els, Mulier, Jan-Paul
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2992483/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21073750
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2482-10-33