Lower extremity compartment syndrome following a laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass

Obesity Surgery

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 289-291

  Gorecki, Piotr J ^a   Cottam, Daniel ^b   Ger, Ralph ^b   Angus, L D George ^b   Shaftan, Gerald W ^b  

^a NEW YORK METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NASSAU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Compartment syndrome; Laparoscopic gastric bypass; Laparoscopy; Morbid obesity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; DEVICE; DISEASE COURSE; FASCIOTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LEG DISEASE; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROUX Y ANASTOMOSIS; STOMACH BYPASS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS, ROUX-EN-Y; COMPARTMENT SYNDROMES; FEMALE; GASTRIC BYPASS; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LEG; OBESITY, MORBID; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 0036239923     PISSN: 09608923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1381/096089202762552539     Document Type: Article

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