@article{9d3752b562504ea1b7976ce2bed1a7cf,
title = "Pre-bariatric surgery weight loss requirements and the effect of preoperative weight loss on postoperative outcome",
author = "Ochner, \{C N\} and Dambkowski, \{C L\} and Yeomans, \{B L\} and J Teixeira and Pi-Sunyer, \{F Xavier\} and Christopher Ochner",
note = "Pre-bariatric surgery requirements vary between surgeons and surgical centers, with standards of practice not yet established. The goal of this systematic review was to summarize and evaluate the available literature on pre-bariatric surgery weight loss requirements and the relation between preoperative weight loss and postoperative outcome.",
year = "2012",
month = apr,
day = "17",
doi = "10.1038/IJO.2012.60",
language = "American English",
volume = "36",
journal = "International Journal of Obesity",
number = "11",
}