Implementing laparoscopy in Brazil´s National Public Health System: the bariatric surgeons´ point of view

Implementing laparoscopy in Brazil´s National Public Health System: the bariatric surgeons´ point of view

BACKGROUND: Although Brazilian National Public Health System (BNPHS) has presented advances regarding the treatment for obesity in the last years, there is a repressed demand for bariatric surgeries in the country. Despite favorable evidences to laparoscopy, the BNPHS only performs this procedure v...

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Main Authors: Samanta SUSSENBACH, Everton N SILVA, Milene Amarante PUFAL, Carina ROSSONI, Daniela Schaan CASAGRANDE, Alexandre Vontobel PADOIN, Cláudio Corá MOTTIN
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Colégio Brasileiro de Cirurgia Digestiva 2014-01-01
Series:ABCD: Arquivos Brasileiros de Cirurgia Digestiva
Subjects:
Bariatric surgery
Gastric bypass
Laparoscopy
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