News and Articles

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Articles:

Consensus Statement NIH Development Conference
March 25-27,1991 Volume 9, Number 1

Meta-Analysis Bariatric Surgery: A Systematic Review and JAMA

Henry Buchwald; Yoav Avidor; Eugene Braunwald; et al.
2004;292(14):1724-1737

Mayo Clinical Proceedings Supplement On Bariatric Surgery In Extreme Obesity.

October 2006;81(10, suppl):S3-S4 www.mayo.clinic.com
*Used with permission from Mayo Clinic Proceedings

The Costs of Obesity Among Full-time Employees
Eric Finkelstein, PhD, MHA; Ian C. Fiebelkorn, BA; Guijing Wang, PhD

A Study on the Economic Impact of Bariatric Surgery
Pierre-Yves Crémieux, PhD; Henry Buchwald, MD, PhD; Scott A. Shikora, MD; Arindam Ghosh, PhD;Haixia ...

Bariatric Surgery for Morbid Obesity: Health Implications for Patients, Health Professionals....
Henry Buchwald, MD, PhD, FACS For the Consensus Conference Panel. J Am Coll Surg ..
Clinical Application of Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgery: An Evidence-Based Review


Recent Improvements in Bariatric Surgery Outcomes
William E. Encinosa, PhD, Didem M. Bernard, PhD,† Dongyi Du, MS,‡ and Claudia A. Steiner

Systemic Review of Sleeve Gastrectomy as Staging and Primary Bariatric Procedures Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases
Stacy A. Brethauer, M.D., Jeffrey P. Hammel,M.S., Philip R. Schauer, M.D.
Volume 5, Issue 4, Pages 469-475, July 2009

Centers of excellence in bariatric surgery: design, implementation, and one-year outcomes
Don W. Bradley, M.D., M.H.S.-C.L., Bal K. Sharma, Ph.D.
Volume 2, Issue 5 , Pages 513-517, September 2006

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