Examining the Accessibility of Online Patient Materials for Bariatric Surgery

Affiliations

¹ Medical School, University of Michigan, 7300 Medical Science Building I - A Wing, 1301 Catherine St., MI, 48109-5624, Ann Arbor, USA.
² Department of Surgery, University of Michigan, 2122 Taubman Center, 1500 E Medical Center Dr, MI, 48109, Ann Arbor, USA.
³ Michigan Bariatric Surgery Collaborative, MI, Ann Arbor, USA.
⁴ Department of Surgery, University of Michigan, 2122 Taubman Center, 1500 E Medical Center Dr, MI, 48109, Ann Arbor, USA. pasuwan@med.umich.edu.

Sophia A Gutterman et al. Obes Surg. 2023 Mar.

. 2023 Mar;33(3):975-977.

doi: 10.1007/s11695-022-06440-y. Epub 2023 Jan 5.

¹ Medical School, University of Michigan, 7300 Medical Science Building I - A Wing, 1301 Catherine St., MI, 48109-5624, Ann Arbor, USA.
² Department of Surgery, University of Michigan, 2122 Taubman Center, 1500 E Medical Center Dr, MI, 48109, Ann Arbor, USA.
³ Michigan Bariatric Surgery Collaborative, MI, Ann Arbor, USA.
⁴ Department of Surgery, University of Michigan, 2122 Taubman Center, 1500 E Medical Center Dr, MI, 48109, Ann Arbor, USA. pasuwan@med.umich.edu.

No abstract available

Keywords: Accessibility; Bariatric surgery; Online patient education; Readability.

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