Gastroplasty for morbid obesity. Guidelines for post-operative management.
Morbid obesity is a very difficult condition to treat. Any operation intended to help the patient Jose weight is no more than a beginning, and must be combined with rigorous postoperative care or it will surely fail.
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Monash Medical Centre, Melbourne.
D015391:Gastroplasty; D006801:Humans; D009767:Obesity, Morbid / Q000601:surgery*; D011182:Postoperative Care; D016896:Treatment Outcome