Is there a difference in patients who are self referred for bariatric surgery VS those referred by relatives?

Background: Patients who present for bariatric surgery may be referred by a relative or self referred. We did a retrospective study to see if there are any differences in self referred and relative referred patients.

Source: Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases - November 1, 2018 Category: Surgery Authors: Winnie Mathur, Mathias A Fobi, Mohit Bhandari, Susmit Kosta Source Type: research