Understanding Patients' Value of Weight Loss and Expectations for Bariatric Surgery

Surgery for Severe Obesity

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Medicine, Surgery, Gastroenterology +12

The Validation of the Moorehead-Ardelt Quality of Life Questionnaire II

Melodie K. Moorehead, Elisabeth Ardelt-Gattinger, H Lechner et al. · Obesity Surgery · 2003 · 294 citations

Social Sciences, Psychology, Health Assessment +11

Obese Patients' Perceptions of Treatment Outcomes and the Factors That Influence Them

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Agriculture, Health Behavior, Psychology +14

Patient Motivation for Bariatric Surgery: Characteristics and Impact on Outcomes

Marije Libeton, John Dixon, Cheryl Laurie et al. · Obesity Surgery · 2004 · 150 citations

Medicine, Surgery, General Surgery +9

Use And Costs Of Bariatric Surgery And Prescription Weight-Loss Medications

William Encinosa, Didem Bernard, Claudia Steiner et al. · Health Affairs · 2005 · 132 citations

Medicine, Pharmacoeconomics, Surgery +16