Gastroenterology clinics of North America
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Gastroenterol. Clin. North Am. · Sep 1987
Sleep apnea syndrome in the morbidly obese undergoing bariatric surgery.
This article suggests that bariatric surgery is the treatment of choice for morbidly obese patients with sleep apnea. All patients lost considerable weight and demonstrated a dramatic symptomatic improvement verified by objective sleep laboratory recordings.