Intra-operative ultrasound guidance of vena caval umbrella placement in a super obese patient

Obesity Surgery

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 679-681

  Snyder, John M ^a   Arita, Adam ^a   Inampudi, Chakri ^a   Gwin Stewart, Juli A ^a  

^a Providence Alaska Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Bariatric surgery; Intraoperative ultrasound; Morbid obesity; Pulmonary emboli; Vena caval filters

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; BARIATRIC SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CAVA VEIN; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEVICE INFECTION; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; MORBID OBESITY; PEROPERATIVE ECHOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS, ROUX-EN-Y; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; COMORBIDITY; GASTROPLASTY; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; OBESITY, MORBID; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; VENA CAVA FILTERS; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR;

EID: 0036807689     PISSN: 09608923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1381/096089202321019675     Document Type: Article

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