title: Slimming down for safer surgery.
authors.affiliation: University of Maryland Medical Center, Division of General Surgery, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA. pturner@smail.umaryland.edu
authors.forename: Patricia L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Turner
mesh_terms: D015390:Gastric Bypass; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D009767:Obesity, Morbid / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012307:Risk Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D015431:Weight Loss