Open AccessCause of death in patients awaiting bariatric surgery
Author(s) -
Joshua Lakoff,
James Ellsmere,
Tom Ransom
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
canadian journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.609
H-Index - 64
eISSN - 1488-2310
pISSN - 0008-428X
DOI - 10.1503/cjs.002914
Subject(s) - medicine , cause of death , body mass index , surgery , obesity , referral , incidence (geometry) , general surgery , pediatrics , disease , physics , family medicine , optics
Obesity is associated with increased mortality. Bariatric surgery is becoming an important treatment modality for obesity, with an associated reduction in mortality. There are few data available on the incidence and cause of death in referred patients while they are waiting for bariatric surgery.
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