PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Indirbir S. Gill
AU  - Fredrick Brody
TI  - Minimally invasive surgery for morbid obesity
DP  - 2004 Apr 01
TA  - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
PG  - 289--298
VI  - 71
IP  - 4
4099  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/71/4/289.short
4100  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/71/4/289.full
SO  - Cleve Clin J Med2004 Apr 01; 71
AB  - In patients with morbid obesity, surgery is the only treatment known to produce sustained weight loss and to reduce comorbidities. Traditional (open) gastric bypass surgery is associated with postoperative complications that include wound infection, pulmonary embolism, and pneumonia. Laparoscopic techniques achieve similar long-term results as does open surgery, with fewer postoperative complications.