Surgeon-Performed Endoscopic Dilatation of Symptomatic Gastrojejunal Anastomotic Strictures following Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass

Obesity Surgery

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 728-733

  Bell, Robert L ^a,b   Reinhardt, Kate E ^a   Flowers, John L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bariatric surgery; Gastrojejunal anastomotic stricture dilatation; Morbid obesity; Roux en Y gastric bypass

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BALLOON DILATATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; GASTROJEJUNAL ANASTOMOTIC STRICTURE; GASTROJEJUNOSTOMY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROUX Y ANASTOMOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS, ROUX-EN-Y; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; DILATATION; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; FEMALE; GASTRIC BYPASS; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; SURGERY;

EID: 0242267039     PISSN: 09608923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1381/096089203322509291     Document Type: Article

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