Gastrointestinal complications of laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery: Clinical and imaging findings

Radiology

Volumn 223, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 625-632

  Blachar, Arye ^a   Federle, Michael P ^a   Pealer, Karen M ^a   Ikramuddin, Sayeed ^a   Schauer, Philip R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Gastrointestinal tract, CT; Gastrointestinal tract, radiography; Hernia; Surgery, complications

Indexed keywords

DIATRIZOATE;

ADHESION; ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST MEDIUM EXTRAVASATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM FISTULA; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL RADIOGRAPHY; GASTROJEJUNOSTOMY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERNAL HERNIA; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; INTESTINE MOTILITY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBID OBESITY; PNEUMOPERITONEUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROUX Y ANASTOMOSIS; SMALL INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; STENOSIS; STOMACH BYPASS;

EID: 0036112591     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2233011323     Document Type: Article

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