Effect of the learning curve on the early outcomes of laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass

American Surgeon

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 304-309

  Kligman, Mark D ^a   Thomas, Chadwick ^a   Saxe, Jonathan ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROUX Y ANASTOMOSIS; STANDARD; STOMACH BYPASS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS, ROUX-EN-Y; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; GASTRIC BYPASS; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 0038314539     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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