A rational approach to cholelithiasis in bariatric surgery: Its application to the laparoscopically placed adjustable gastric band

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 138, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 908-912

  O'Brien, Paul E ^a   Dixon, John B ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BARIATRIC SURGERY; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLELITHIASIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GALLSTONE; GASTRIC BANDING; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBID OBESITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROUX Y ANASTOMOSIS; STOMACH BYPASS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANASTOMOSIS, ROUX-EN-Y; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLELITHIASIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTRIC BYPASS; GASTROPLASTY; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0043033020     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.138.8.908     Document Type: Conference Paper

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