The First Sri Lankan Experience on Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgery.

Autor: Bulugahapitiya, Uditha, Wijeratne, Thejana, Jayawardena, Ranil, Lekamwasam, Sarath, Gunawardena, Asela, Wellala, Vindya, Ratnayake, Gowri, Wijetunga, Udai
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Zdroj: Obesity Surgery; Nov2021, Vol. 31 Issue 11, p5057-5058, 2p
Abstrakt: Although the percentage of morbid obesity is low in Sri Lanka, obese Sri Lankans have increased risk for obesity-related metabolic derangement such as type 2 diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular disease, and metabolic syndrome [[2]]. A group of patients with obesity was followed up for one and half years after bariatric surgery from June 2011 to December 2019 at The Colombo South Teaching Hospital, Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka is a middle-income country with 21 million of population. [Extracted from the article]
Databáze: Complementary Index