Weighing in on bariatric surgery: procedure use, readmission rates, and mortality

JAMA. 2005 Oct 19;294(15):1960-3. doi: 10.1001/jama.294.15.1960.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Editorial
  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Bariatrics / statistics & numerical data
  • Bariatrics / trends*
  • Gastrectomy* / adverse effects
  • Gastrectomy* / mortality
  • Gastrectomy* / statistics & numerical data
  • Gastrectomy* / trends
  • Gastric Bypass* / adverse effects
  • Gastric Bypass* / mortality
  • Gastric Bypass* / statistics & numerical data
  • Gastric Bypass* / trends
  • Gastroplasty* / adverse effects
  • Gastroplasty* / mortality
  • Gastroplasty* / statistics & numerical data
  • Gastroplasty* / trends
  • Health Services Research*
  • Hospitalization / statistics & numerical data
  • Humans
  • Obesity, Morbid / surgery*
  • Patient Readmission / statistics & numerical data
  • Risk