European Journal of Internal Medicine
Volume 17, Issue 8 , Pages 587-588 , December 2006

Obesity surgery in the United Kingdom: A survey of the attitudes of surgeons and their practices

  • Zahir F. Soonawalla

      Affiliations

    • John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK
    • ,
  • Arul Ganeshan

      Affiliations

    • John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
    • ,
  • John N. Baxter

      Affiliations

    • Department of General Surgery, Morriston Hospital, Morriston, Swansea SA6 6NL, UK

Received 28 December 2005 ,Revised 15 April 2006 ,Accepted 27 April 2006.

References 

  1. Maggard MA, Shugarman LR, Suttorp M, Maglione M, Sugerman HJ, Livingston EH, et al. Meta-analysis: surgical treatment of obesity. Ann Intern Med. Apr 5 2005;142(7):547–559
  2. Sjostrom L, Lindroos AK, Peltonen M, Torgerson J, Bouchard C, Carlsson B, et al. Swedish obese subjects study scientific group. lifestyle, diabetes, and cardiovascular risk factors 10 years after bariatric surgery. N Engl J Med. Dec 23 2004;351(26):2683–2693

PII: S0953-6205(06)00205-6

doi: 10.1016/j.ejim.2006.04.018

European Journal of Internal Medicine
Volume 17, Issue 8 , Pages 587-588 , December 2006

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