Intra-operative Pneumothorax Complicating Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass

Obesity Surgery

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 124-128

  Mehran, Amir ^a,c   Brasesco, Oscar ^a   De Velasco, Eric ^b   Szomstein, Samuel ^a   Rosenthal, Raul ^a,d  

^a Section of Minimally Invasive Surgery   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF COLORECTAL SURGERY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Bariatric Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Bariatric surgery; Gastric bypass; Laparoscopy; Morbid obesity; Pneumothorax

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ADULT; AIRWAY PRESSURE; ALGORITHM; BRADYCARDIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAPHRAGM; DISSECTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTRIC BANDING; HIATUS HERNIA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LUNG DISEASE; MORBID OBESITY; OXYGEN TENSION; PNEUMOPERITONEUM; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORAX DRAINAGE;

ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS, ROUX-EN-Y; FEMALE; GASTRIC BYPASS; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LAPAROSCOPY; OBESITY, MORBID; PLEURAL EFFUSION; PNEUMOTHORAX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 1642520661     PISSN: 09608923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1381/096089204772787428     Document Type: Conference Paper

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