Elevated liver enzymes following open Roux-en-Y gastric bypass for morbid obesity - Does timing of liver retraction affect the rise in the levels of transaminases?

Obesity Surgery

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 505-508

  Lohlun, John C ^a,b   Guirguis, Adel ^a   Wise, Leslie ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bariatric surgery; Delayed liver retraction; Early liver retraction; Elevated liver function tests; Gastric bypass; Morbid obesity

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; LIVER ENZYME;

CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GASTROJEJUNOSTOMY; HUMAN; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LIVER LEVEL; MALE; MORBID OBESITY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZATION; ROUX Y ANASTOMOSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STOMACH BYPASS; STOMACH POUCH; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

GASTRIC BYPASS; HUMANS; JEJUNOSTOMY; LIVER; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; OBESITY, MORBID; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRANSAMINASES;

EID: 2342655865     PISSN: 09608923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1381/096089204323013505     Document Type: Conference Paper

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