104 results match your criteria: "Saad Specialist Hospital[Affiliation]"
Visual vignette. Secondary hyperparathyroidism.
Endocr Pract
August 2006
Saad Specialist Hospital, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
Initial experience with Swedish adjustable gastric band at Saad Specialist Hospital, Al-Khobar, Saudi Arabia.
Obes Surg
April 2005
The Bariatric Surgery Center, Saad Specialist Hospital, Al-Khobar, Saudi Arabia.
Background: The aim of this study was to give an initial account of the weight loss and complications after applying the Swedish adjustable gastric band (SAGB) at Saad Specialist Hospital, Al-Khobar, Saudi Arabia.
Methods: From January 2001 to December 2004, 140 consecutive patients (62% female) underwent SAGB. Mean initial body weight was 124.
Intragastric balloon for obesity: a retrospective evaluation of tolerance and efficacy.
Obes Surg
January 2005
The Bariatric Surgery Center, Saad Specialist Hospital, Al-Khobar, Saudi Arabia.
Background: The intragastric balloon may be used for weight reduction for mild or moderate obesity, or for preoperative weight loss for super-obesity. The authors retrospectively evaluated the tolerance and efficacy of the BioEnterics Intragastric Balloon (BIB).
Methods: From October 2002 to July 2004, intragastric balloons were placed, under endoscopic control, in 44 patients (mean BMI 45 kg/m2 , mean age 31 years).
Visual vignette. Mediastinal mass due to substernal goiter.
Endocr Pract
December 2002
Saad Specialist Hospital, Al Khobar, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.