Perioperative Optimization of Patients Undergoing Bariatric Surgery

Bariatric surgery is fast becoming an efficient and safe method of weight reduction, especially for patients in whom conservative measures have failed. As the obese population of the world increases, so will the number of patients requesting or requiring surgical weight loss methods. Bariatric patie...

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Main Authors: C. E. Owers (Author), Y. Abbas (Author), R. Ackroyd (Author), N. Barron (Author), M. Khan (Author)
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Published: Hindawi Limited, 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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