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Surgery for Morbid Obesity
Linner, J.H.. Illus: Hage, A.
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Description for Surgery for Morbid Obesity
Paperback. Illustrator(s): Hage, A. Num Pages: 228 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MJH; MJJ; MNC; MNP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 280 x 210 x 12. Weight in Grams: 568.
The surgical treatment of morbid obesity has undergone astonishing growth since its inception thirty years ago. The medical profession has long been aware of the discouraging intractability of morbid obesity to all forms of conservative management, and it is only recently that physicians have come to realize that surgery can provide very real palliation for the morbidly obese patient. Surgery does not attack the underlying etiology of morbid obesity, whatever it may be, but exerts its effect indirectly either by effecting a calorie loss through intestinal shunting, or by calorie deprivation through a radical reduction of gastric capacity. Acceptance of ... Read more
The surgical treatment of morbid obesity has undergone astonishing growth since its inception thirty years ago. The medical profession has long been aware of the discouraging intractability of morbid obesity to all forms of conservative management, and it is only recently that physicians have come to realize that surgery can provide very real palliation for the morbidly obese patient. Surgery does not attack the underlying etiology of morbid obesity, whatever it may be, but exerts its effect indirectly either by effecting a calorie loss through intestinal shunting, or by calorie deprivation through a radical reduction of gastric capacity. Acceptance of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
228
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781461382478
SKU
V9781461382478
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99-15
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