Gastric Bezoar Complicating Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding, and Review of Literature

Obesity Surgery

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 948-950

  White, Nicole B ^a   Gibbs, Karen E ^a   Goodwin, Aimee ^a   Teixeira, Julio ^a,b  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bariatric surgery; Bezoar; Laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding; Morbid obesity; Vertical banded gastroplasty

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BEZOAR; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY; GASTRIC BANDING; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; MORBID OBESITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYLORUS; REVIEW; STOMACH MOTILITY; STOMACH PH;

ADULT; BEZOARS; FEMALE; GASTROPLASTY; GASTROSCOPY; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; STOMACH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0348147536     PISSN: 09608923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1381/096089203322618849     Document Type: Review

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