Obesity in general elective surgery

Prevalence of Obesity, Diabetes, and Obesity-Related Health Risk Factors, 2001

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Body Weight and Mortality among Women

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Proposed classification of complications of surgery with examples of utility in cholecystectomy.

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Laparoscopic Versus Open Gastric Bypass: A Randomized Study of Outcomes, Quality of Life, and Costs

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Medicine, Surgery, Cost-effectiveness Analysis +14

Results of 281 Consecutive Total Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypasses to Treat Morbid Obesity

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