Morbidity and health-related quality of life of patients accessing laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy: a single-centre cross-sectional study in one province of Canada

BACKGROUND: In Canada, severe obesity (BMI ≥ 35 kg/m(2)) affects 5% or 1.2 million adults. Bariatric surgery is the only effective treatment for severe obesity, but the demand for publicly funded procedures is high and capacity limited. Little is known in Canada about the types of patients undergoin...

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Autores principales: Twells, Laurie K., Driscoll, Shannon, Gregory, Deborah M., Lester, Kendra, Fardy, John M., Pace, Dave
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5725939/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29238600
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40608-017-0176-y

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