Reduction in weight and BMI and changes in Co-morbidities following laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding procedure for morbidly obese patients in Bahrain: a five year longitudinal study

BACKGROUND: Obesity and its related illnesses are pan-endemic health problems which require intervention. Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding (LAGB) is seen as a safe surgical procedure with satisfactory results on weight reduction and improvement in obesity related illness. METHODS: Data were c...

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Autores principales: Al Khalifa, Khalid, Violato, Claudio, Al Ansari, Ahmed
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer International Publishing AG 2013
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3581763/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23450466
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/2193-1801-2-19

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3581763/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23450466
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/2193-1801-2-19

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