Mortality, weight loss and quality of life of patients with morbid obesity: evaluation of the surgical and medical treatment after 2 years Mortalidade, perda de peso e qualidade de vida em pacientes com obesidade mórbida: avaliação do tratamento cirúrgico e clínico após 2 anos

Mortality, weight loss and quality of life of patients with morbid obesity: evaluation of the surgical and medical treatment after 2 years Mortalidade, perda de peso e qualidade de vida em pacientes com obesidade mórbida: avaliação do tratamento cirúrgico e clínico após 2 anos

CONTEXT: The surgical treatment for morbid obesity is becoming common in this country. Only a few papers reported the long-term results of the surgical approach for morbid obesity, mainly in terms of quality of life. OBJECTIVE: To compare mortality rate, weight loss, improvement of both diabetes and...

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Main Authors: Gunther Peres Pimenta, Robson Tadashi Saruwatari, Manoela Regina Alves Corrêa, Pedro Luiz Genaro, José Eduardo de Aguilar-Nascimento
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Brasileiro de Estudos e Pesquisas de Gastroenterologia (IBEPEGE) 2010-09-01
Series:Arquivos de Gastroenterologia
Subjects:
Obesidade mórbida
Coeficiente de mortalidade
Perda de peso
Qualidade de vida
Obesity, morbid
Mortality rate
Weight loss
Quality of life
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