Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass: Preoperative Determinants of Prolonged Operative Times, Conversion to Open Gastric Bypasses, and Postoperative Complications

Obesity Surgery

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 734-738

  Schwartz, Michael L ^a,b   Drew, Raymond L ^a   Chazin Caldie, Marilyn ^a  

^a ABBOTT NORTHWESTERN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bariatric surgery; Body mass index; Central obesity; Diabetes; Fatty liver; Laparoscopic gastric bypass; Morbid obesity

Indexed keywords

ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BLEEDING; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; GENDER; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROUX Y ANASTOMOSIS; STOMACH BYPASS;

ANASTOMOSIS, ROUX-EN-Y; ANTHROPOMETRY; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; GASTRIC BYPASS; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; OBESITY, MORBID; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0242361706     PISSN: 09608923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1381/096089203322509309     Document Type: Article

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