Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass - Evaluation of three different techniques

Obesity Surgery

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 639-642

  Abdel Galil, Essam ^a   Abbas Sabry, Alaa ^b  

^a Ahmed Maher's Teaching Hospital   (Egypt)

^b AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Bariatric surgery; Gastrojejunostomy; Laparoscopy; Morbid obesity; Roux en Y gastric bypass

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; GASTROJEJUNOSTOMY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MALE; MORBID OBESITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH BYPASS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS, ROUX-EN-Y; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; FEMALE; GASTRIC BYPASS; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; OBESITY, MORBID; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; STOMACH; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036807758     PISSN: 09608923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1381/096089202321019602     Document Type: Article

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