Management of gastrojejunal anastomotic leaks after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass

American Surgeon

Volumn 68, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1062-1065

  Arteaga, James R ^a   Huerta, Sergio ^a   Livingston, Edward H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FEVER; GASTROINTESTINAL RADIOGRAPHY; GASTROJEJUNAL ANSTOMOTIC LEAK; GASTROJEJUNOSTOMY; HUMAN; JEJUNUM DISEASE; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; ROUX Y ANASTOMOSIS; STOMACH BYPASS; SUCTION DRAINAGE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TACHYCARDIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; INCIDENCE; JEJUNUM; MEDICAL RECORD; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STOMACH; WOUND DEHISCENCE; WOUND DRAINAGE;

ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS, ROUX-EN-Y; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; GASTRIC BYPASS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JEJUNUM; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; STOMACH; SURGICAL WOUND DEHISCENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036982820     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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