Teflon Buttress Inhibits Recanalization of Uncut Stapled Bowel

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 424-429

  Richardson, William S ^a   Spivak, Hadar ^b   Hudson, James E ^b   Budacz, Mark A ^b   Hunter, John G ^b  

^a OCHSNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Postgastrectomy syndrome; Roux stasis syndrome; Roux en Y; Uncut Roux limb

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL; POLITEF;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANASTOMOSIS; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BILE; DOG; DUODENUM; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTRECTOMY; INSTRUMENTATION; JEJUNUM; LAPAROTOMY; METHODOLOGY; MIGRATING MYOELECTRIC COMPLEX; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTGASTRECTOMY SYNDROME; RISK FACTOR; ROUX Y ANASTOMOSIS; STOMACH; SURGICAL STAPLING; SUTURE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANASTOMOSIS, ROUX-EN-Y; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; ANIMALS; BILE; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; DOGS; DUODENUM; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTRECTOMY; JEJUNUM; LAPAROTOMY; MYOELECTRIC COMPLEX, MIGRATING; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; POSTGASTRECTOMY SYNDROMES; RISK FACTORS; STOMACH; SURGICAL STAPLING; SUTURES;

EID: 0034220314     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1091-255X(00)80023-2     Document Type: Article

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