Short Term Outcome of Bariatric Surgery in A Single Centre Institution

Liew Chuan He; Chan Kheng Hooi; Edwin See Un Hean; Siti Zubaidah Sharif

doi:10.51200/bjms.vi1.2941

Short Term Outcome of Bariatric Surgery in A Single Centre Institution

Authors

Liew Chuan He Department of Surgery, Hospital Queen Elizabeth 2, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
Chan Kheng Hooi Department of Surgery, Hospital Queen Elizabeth 2, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
Edwin See Un Hean Department of Surgery, Hospital Queen Elizabeth 2, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
Siti Zubaidah Sharif Department of Surgery, Hospital Queen Elizabeth 2, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.51200/bjms.vi1.2941

Keywords:

bariatric surgery, short term outcomes, Kota Kinabalu

Abstract

Introduction: Bariatric surgery is an effective method of weight loss for the treatment of morbid obesity. It is indicated for patients with morbid obesity, in which efforts at other therapy have failed, with the presences of obesity-related comorbidities. To report the short-term outcomes at 6 months of bariatric surgery for the first 51 patients in our centre.

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2021-03-31

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Liew Chuan He, Chan Kheng Hooi, Edwin See Un Hean, & Siti Zubaidah Sharif. (2021). Short Term Outcome of Bariatric Surgery in A Single Centre Institution. Borneo Journal of Medical Sciences (BJMS), (1), 7. https://doi.org/10.51200/bjms.vi1.2941

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2021: BORNEO JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES (BJMS), (Suppl.), MARCH 2021

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