The use of adjustable gastric bands for management of severe and complex obesity
Author(s) -
James Hopkins,
Jane Blazeby,
Chris Rogers,
Richard Welbourn
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
british medical bulletin
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.08
H-Index - 112
eISSN - 1471-8391
pISSN - 0007-1420
DOI - 10.1093/bmb/ldw012
Subject(s) - medicine , weight loss , randomized controlled trial , management of obesity , gastric banding , population , surgery , obesity , systematic review , cohort , laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding , evidence based medicine , nice , clinical trial , intensive care medicine , medline , gastric bypass , environmental health , alternative medicine , pathology , programming language , political science , computer science , law
Obesity levels in the UK have reached a sustained high and ∼4% of the population would be candidates for bariatric surgery based upon current UK NICE guidelines, which has important implications for Clinical Commissioning Groups.
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