Outpatient Gastroplasty for Morbid Obesity: Our First Hundred Cases

Boudewijn De Waele,Mary Helen Lauwers,Dany Massaad,Kristel De Vogelaere,Georges Delvaux

Outpatient Gastroplasty for Morbid Obesity: Our First Hundred Cases

2010

Boudewijn De Waele
Mary Helen Lauwers
Dany Massaad
Kristel De Vogelaere
Georges Delvaux

Background Laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding (LAGB) is a safe and effective treatment for morbid obesity. The aim of the present study was to identify factors actually contributing to the feasibility or to the failure of performing this procedure in an outpatient setting.

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Obesity
Prospective cohort study
Logistic regression
General surgery
Laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding
Laparoscopic surgery
Diabetes mellitus
Medicine
Surgery
outpatient clinic
Univariate analysis
Ambulatory
Emergency medicine
Physical therapy

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