Risk of fracture after bariatric surgery in the United Kingdom: population based, retrospective cohort study

Lalmohamed, Arief; de Vries, Frank; T. Bazelier, Marloes; Cooper, Alun; van Staa, Tjeerd; Cooper, Cyrus; C. Harvey, Nicholas

doi:10.1136/bmj.e5085

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Risk of fracture after bariatric surgery in the United Kingdom: population based, retrospective cohort study

Published in BMJ • Aug 3, 2012

Authors:

Arief Lalmohamed

Frank de Vries

Marloes T. Bazelier

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: To estimate fracture risk in patients receiving bariatric surgery versus matched controls. DESIGN: Population based, retrospective cohort study. SETTING: Use of records from the United Kingdom General Practice Research Database, now known as the Clinical Practice Research Datalink (from ...

Subject

Medicine

Body mass index

Retrospective cohort study

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