Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass in morbidly obese and super morbidly obese patients

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 187, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 230-232

  Dresel, Alexandra ^a   Kuhn, Joseph A ^a   McCarty, Todd M ^a  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Gastric bypass; Laparoscopy; Super morbid obesity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; ENDOSCOPY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GASTROJEJUNOSTOMY; HUMAN; INCISIONAL HERNIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG INSUFFICIENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; OBESITY; OPERATION DURATION; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO; SMALL INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STOMACH BYPASS; TEACHING HOSPITAL; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0842266074     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2003.08.017     Document Type: Article

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