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Bariatric surgery /
Over the last two decades, obesity has reached epidemic proportions in the world, resulting in suffering and premature death. Morbid obesity is a chronic medical illness that has long-reaching consequences and is caused by multiple factors. Bariatric surgery and other non-invasive procedures in care...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London : Singapore ; Hackensack, NJ :
Imperial College Press ; Distributed by World Scientific Pub. Co.,
©2011.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Ch. 1. Indications for bariatric surgery and selecting the appropriate procedure / John B. Dixon
- ch. 2. Anaesthesia in bariatric surgery / Ernesto Pizzirani and Giuseppe Calcarella
- ch. 3. Intragastric Balloon (BIB) in the management of morbid obesity disease / Alfredo Genco, Roberta Maselli and Nicola Basso
- ch. 4. Laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding / Gianni Segato [and others]
- ch. 5. Long-term results in Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding (LAP-BAND) for obese patients / Maurizio De Luca [and others]
- ch. 6. Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding (LAP-BAND) : Diagnosis, prevention and treatment of complications / Maurizio De Luca [and others]
- ch. 7. Roux-en-Y gastric bypass / Bruno Dillemans and Sebastiaan Van Cauwenberge
- ch. 8. New technologies in bariatric surgery / Matthias Lannoo and Andre D'Hoore
- ch. 9. Imaging of complications after bariatric surgery / Jose C. Varghese and Shuvro H. Roy-Choudhury
- ch. 10. Sequential treatment of obesity / Maurizio De Luca [and others]
- ch. 11. Bariatric surgery : When the miracle is not enough / Melodie K. Moorehead
- ch. 12. Effects of bariatric surgery on co-morbidities / Sebastiaan Van Cauwenberge and Bruno Dillemans
- ch. 13. Impact on life expectancy after bariatric surgery / Luca Busetto [and others].