Stapler division of the omentum and small bowel mesentery in morbidly obese patients undergoing gastric bypass surgery

Obesity Surgery

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 207-210

  Sapala, James A ^a,b   Wood, Michael H ^a   Sapala, M Andrew ^b   Mason, Debra S ^b  

^a Dept Surg Detroit Riverview Hosp ^*  (United States)

^b Cherryhill Centers Surg Weight Loss   (United States)

Author keywords

Gastric bypass; Mesenteric division; Morbid obesity; Omental mobilization; Surgical stapler

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CHOLEDOCHOJEJUNOSTOMY; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MESENTERY; MORBID OBESITY; OMENTUM; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL INTESTINE; STAPLER; STOMACH BYPASS; SURGICAL APPROACH;

ANASTOMOSIS, ROUX-EN-Y; GASTRIC BYPASS; HUMANS; MESENTERY; OMENTUM; SURGICAL STAPLERS; SURGICAL STAPLING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030857074     PISSN: 09608923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1381/096089297765555755     Document Type: Article

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