Meta-Analysis: Surgical Treatment of Obesity

  1. Melinda A. Maggard, MD, MSHS;
  2. Lisa R. Shugarman, PhD;
  3. Marika Suttorp, MS;
  4. Margaret Maglione, MPP;
  5. Harvey J. Sugerman, MD;
  6. Edward H. Livingston, MD;
  7. Ninh T. Nguyen, MD;
  8. Zhaoping Li, MD, PhD;
  9. Walter A. Mojica, MD, MPH;
  10. Lara Hilton, BA;
  11. Shannon Rhodes, MFA;
  12. Sally C. Morton, PhD; and
  13. Paul G. Shekelle, MD, PhD
  1. From the Southern California Evidence-Based Practice Center (which includes RAND Health Division, Santa Monica, California, and the Greater Los Angeles VA Healthcare System, Los Angeles) and the University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California.
    1. Figure 1. Reprinted with permission from the American Society for Bariatric Surgery ( ).
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      Figure 1. Reprinted with permission from the American Society for Bariatric Surgery ( ). Surgical procedures.http://www.asbs.org
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      Figure 2. Literature flow.
    3. Figure 3. Lap = laparoscopic; RYGB = Roux-en-Y gastric bypass; VBG = vertical banded gastroplasty.
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      Figure 3. Lap = laparoscopic; RYGB = Roux-en-Y gastric bypass; VBG = vertical banded gastroplasty. Weight loss by procedure.

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      • John G. Kral, MD, PhD
      Ann Intern Med published online October 26, 2009

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