Vagotomy at the time of gastric bypass: Can it be harmful?

Obesity Surgery

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 575-576

  Sapala, James A ^a   Wood, Michael H ^b   Schuhknecht, Michael P ^b,c  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL MANHATTAN   (United States)

^b DETROIT MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c St Joseph Mercy Macomb   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GASTRIN; SECRETIN;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; CORONARY VEIN; DENERVATION; EDITORIAL; GASTRIC STASIS; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; HYPERPLASIA; JEJUNUM ULCER; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYLOROSPASM; PYLORUS; SMOOTH MUSCLE SPASM; STOMACH ANTRUM; STOMACH BYPASS; STOMACH EMPTYING; STOMACH POUCH; SURGICAL RISK; VAGOTOMY; VAGUS NERVE;

GASTRIC BYPASS; HUMANS; VAGOTOMY; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 2642585093     PISSN: 09608923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1381/096089204323093327     Document Type: Editorial

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