Gastric emptying half-time following silastic ring vertical gastroplasty: A scintigraphic study (preliminary results)

Obesity Surgery

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 459-462

  Bendet, N ^a   Livshitz, G ^a   Mindlin, L ^a   Negri, M ^a   Halpern, Z ^a   Halevy, A ^a,b   Horne, T ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b ASSAF HAROFEH MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Gastroplasty; Morbid obesity; Scintigraphy

Indexed keywords

SILASTIC; TECHNETIUM 99M;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GAMMA SCINTIGRAPHY; GASTROPLASTY; HUMAN; MALE; MORBID OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH; STOMACH EMPTYING; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 0030450284     PISSN: 09608923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1381/096089296765556331     Document Type: Article

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