Laparoscopic repair of access port site hernia after Lap-Band® system implantation

Obesity Surgery

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 682-684

  Susmallian, Sergio ^a   Ezri, Tiberiu ^a   Charuzi, Ilan ^a  

^a WOLFSON MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Access port hernia; Bariatric surgery; Complication; Gastric band; Laparoscopy; Morbid obesity

Indexed keywords

POLITEF;

ADULT; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEVICE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GASTRIC BANDING; HERNIA; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBID OBESITY; PERITONEAL CAVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TROCAR;

FEMALE; GASTROPLASTY; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LAPAROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, MORBID; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS;

EID: 0036807742     PISSN: 09608923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1381/096089202321019684     Document Type: Article

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