Journal of the Formosan Medical Association
Volume 105, Issue 11 , Pages 887-894 , 2006

Weight Loss and Improvement of Obesity-related Illness Following Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding Procedure for Morbidly Obese Patients in Taiwan

  • Wei-Jei Lee

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Taoyuan Min-Sheng General Hospital, Taoyuan, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital and College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Weu Wang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Taoyuan Min-Sheng General Hospital, Taoyuan, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital and College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Po-Li Wei

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Taoyuan Min-Sheng General Hospital, Taoyuan, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital and College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Ming-Te Huang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital and College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Department of Surgery, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Dr Ming-Te Huang, Department of Surgery, Taipei Medical University Hospital, 252 Wu-Hsing Street, Taipei, Taiwan

Received 21 October 2005 ,Revised 30 November 2005 ,Accepted 4 April 2006.

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PII: S0929-6646(09)60174-1

doi: 10.1016/S0929-6646(09)60174-1

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association
Volume 105, Issue 11 , Pages 887-894 , 2006

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