• Med. Clin. North Am. · May 2007

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    Bariatric surgery primer for the internist: keys to the surgical consultation.

    • Daniel Leslie, Todd A Kellogg, and Sayeed Ikramuddin.
    • Section of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA. lesli002@umn.edu
    • Med. Clin. North Am. 2007 May 1;91(3):353-81, x.

    AbstractThe increasing prevalence of morbid obesity in North America combined with the refinement of laparoscopic techniques for the performing these operations has contributed to the exponential growth of bariatric surgery over the last 10 years. There are many important considerations for the internist who is referring a patient for bariatric surgery.

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