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The surgical management of obesity with emphasis on the role of post operative imaging

The role of surgery in the morbidly obese is becoming more prominent. There are a variety of surgical approaches which can be used and radiology plays a crucial role in post operative follow up, particularly in the management of complications. Many general radiologists remain unfamiliar with both th...

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Autores principales: Smith, S, Hampson, F, Sinclair, M
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Department of Biomedical Imaging, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Malaysia 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3107690/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21655117
http://dx.doi.org/10.2349/biij.7.1.e8
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spelling pubmed-31076902011-06-08 The surgical management of obesity with emphasis on the role of post operative imaging Smith, S Hampson, F Sinclair, M Biomed Imaging Interv J Review The role of surgery in the morbidly obese is becoming more prominent. There are a variety of surgical approaches which can be used and radiology plays a crucial role in post operative follow up, particularly in the management of complications. Many general radiologists remain unfamiliar with both the normal and abnormal appearances after bariatric surgery and this pictorial review aims to bridge this gap. Department of Biomedical Imaging, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Malaysia 2011-01-01 /pmc/articles/PMC3107690/ /pubmed/21655117 http://dx.doi.org/10.2349/biij.7.1.e8 Text en © 2011 Biomedical Imaging and Intervention Journal http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3107690/
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