Gastric Banding Surgery versus Continuous Positive Airway Pressure for Obstructive Sleep Apnea: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2018 Apr 15;197(8):1080-1083. doi: 10.1164/rccm.201708-1637LE.

Authors

Jessie P Bakker^{1

2}, Ali Tavakkoli^{1

2}, Michael Rueschman¹, Wei Wang^{1

2}, Robert Andrews³, Atul Malhotra⁴, Robert L Owens⁴, Amit Anand^{2

5}, Katherine A Dudley^{2

5}, Sanjay R Patel⁶

Affiliations

¹ 1 Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston, Massachusetts.
² 2 Harvard Medical School Boston, Massachusetts.
³ 3 Hofstra-Northwell School of Medicine Hempstead, New York.
⁴ 4 University of California, San Diego San Diego, California.
⁵ 5 Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Boston, Massachusetts and.
⁶ 6 University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

No abstract available

Publication types

Comparative Study
Letter
Randomized Controlled Trial
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Bariatric Surgery / methods*
Continuous Positive Airway Pressure / methods*
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Sleep Apnea, Obstructive / physiopathology*
Sleep Apnea, Obstructive / surgery*
Treatment Outcome
Young Adult

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