Evaluation of risk factors in superobese patients submitted to conventional Fobi-Capella surgery Avaliação dos fatores de risco em pacientes superobesos submetidos a cirurgia de Fobi-Capella convencional

Evaluation of risk factors in superobese patients submitted to conventional Fobi-Capella surgery Avaliação dos fatores de risco em pacientes superobesos submetidos a cirurgia de Fobi-Capella convencional

BACKGROUND: Obesity is one of the world’s greatest health problems. The Roux-en-Y gastric bypass is the gold standard treatment for severe obesity. Surgery in obese patients has an acceptable level of morbidity and mortality. The superobese patient, a subcategory of severe obese patients with a high...

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Main Authors: Euclides Dias Martins-Filho, José Bezerra Câmara-Neto, Álvaro Antônio Bandeira Ferraz, Melânia Amorim, Edmundo Machado Ferraz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Brasileiro de Estudos e Pesquisas de Gastroenterologia (IBEPEGE) 2008-03-01
Series:Arquivos de Gastroenterologia
Subjects:
Obesidade mórbida
Cirurgia bariátrica
Fatores de risco
Complicações pós-operatórias
Obesity, morbid
Bariatric surgery
Risk factors
Postoperative complications
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