Antecolic laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass is not associated with higher complication rates

American Surgeon

Volumn 71, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 735-737

  Bertucci, William ^a   Yadegar, John ^a   Takahashi, Aileen ^a   Alzahrani, Ali ^a   Frickel, Deborah ^a   Tobin, Katherine ^a   Kapur, Karan ^a   Namdari, Behrouz ^a   Dutson, Erik ^a   Gracia, Carlos ^a   Mehran, Amir ^a,b  

^a UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORBID OBESITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REOPERATION; STOMACH BYPASS;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; GASTRIC BYPASS; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, MORBID; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION;

EID: 33644953434     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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