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Changes in utilization and peri-operative outcomes of bariatric surgery in large U.S. hospital database, 2011-2014

BACKGROUND: With the epidemic of morbid obesity, bariatric surgery has been accepted as one of the most effective treatments of obesity. OBJECTIVE: To investigate recent changes in the utilization of bariatric surgery, patients and hospital characteristics, and in-hospital complications in a nationw...

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Autores principales: Zhang, Lu, Scott, John, Shi, Lu, Truong, Khoa, Hu, Qingwei, Ewing, Joseph A., Chen, Liwei
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5650154/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29053709
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0186306