Lung abscess: An unusual complication of gastric banding

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 742-743

  Zimlichman, Eyal ^a,b   Pitashny, Milena ^a,b   Konen, Eli ^a,b   Szyper Kravitz, Martine ^a,b  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Esophagitis; Gastric banding; Lung abscess

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BODY MASS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FEVER; FOOD REGURGITATION; GASTRIC BANDING; HEARTBURN; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LUNG ABSCESS; OBESITY; SYMPTOM; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROMBOCYTOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ESOPHAGEAL STENOSIS; FEMALE; GASTROPLASTY; HUMANS; LUNG ABSCESS; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, MORBID;

EID: 28244460000     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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