Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases
Volume 4, Issue 1 , Pages 26-32 , January 2008

Cost-effectiveness analysis of laparoscopic gastric bypass, adjustable gastric banding, and nonoperative weight loss interventions

Presented at the 91st Annual Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons, San Francisco, California, October 16–20, 2005

  • Leon Salem, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington
    • ,
  • Allison Devlin, M.S.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington
    • ,
  • Sean D. Sullivan, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmacy, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington
    • Department of Health Services, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington
    • ,
  • David R. Flum, M.D., M.P.H., F.A.C.S.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington
    • Department of Health Services, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: David R. Flum, M.D., M.P.H., Department of Surgery, University of Washington School of Medicine, BB 431, 1959 Northeast Pacific Street, Box 356410, Seattle, WA 98195-6410.

Received 10 May 2007 ,Revised 9 August 2007 ,Accepted 9 September 2007.

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 Supported in part by an undirected educational gift from Inamed Corporation, Santa Barbara, California, and a National Institutes of Health grant 1-R21-DK069677-01 to L. Salem.

PII: S1550-7289(07)00672-7

doi: 10.1016/j.soard.2007.09.009

Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases
Volume 4, Issue 1 , Pages 26-32 , January 2008

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