Obstructive symptoms associated with the 9.75-cm Lap-Band® in the first 24 hours using the pars flaccida approach

Obesity Surgery

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 357-360

  Bernante, Paolo ^a   Pesenti, Francesco Francini ^a   Toniato, Antonio ^a   Zangrandi, Fabio ^a   Pomerri, Fabio ^a   Pelizzo, Maria Rosa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Edema; Gastric banding; Laparoscopic; Morbid obesity; Surgical weight loss

Indexed keywords

DIATRIZOATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; EDEMA; ESOPHAGUS OBSTRUCTION; FEMALE; GASTRIC BANDING; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MORBID OBESITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS LOOSENING; REOPERATION; STOMACH OBSTRUCTION; SURGICAL APPROACH;

EID: 16244403655     PISSN: 09608923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1381/0960892053576541     Document Type: Article

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