Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass: Minimally invasive bariatric surgery for the superobese in the community hospital setting

American Surgeon

Volumn 69, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 930-932

  Moose, David ^a,b   Lourie, D ^a   Powell, W ^a   Pehrsson, B ^a   Martin, D ^a   Lamar, T ^a   Alexander, J ^a  

^a HUNTINGTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Medical Education   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORBID OBESITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROUX Y ANASTOMOSIS; STOMACH BYPASS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS, ROUX-EN-Y; FEMALE; GASTRIC BYPASS; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, MORBID; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 0642369260     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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