PMID: 7547048Sep 1, 1995Paper

Anaesthetic experience of vertical banded gastroplasty

British Journal of Anaesthesia
S T Goulding, B C Hovell

Abstract

We have reviewed data from 200 patients who underwent weight-reducing surgery in a district general hospital. Mean age was 38.5 yr (range 14-60 yr) and mean body mass index (BMI) 45.7 kg m-2 (range 30.0-86.8 kg m-2). There was one death, which resulted from pulmonary embolus 3 weeks after surgery. Upper abdominal surgery of this type is justified in the morbidly obese and problems were not encountered that would exclude its practice from non-specialized units.

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Nov 18, 2000·Surgical Endoscopy·J I BleierN N Williams
Aug 31, 2002·International Journal for Quality in Health Care : Journal of the International Society for Quality in Health Care·C Raina MacIntyreZahid Ansari
Nov 29, 2002·Anesthesia and Analgesia·Babatunde O OgunnaikeCharles W Whitten

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