Staplerless laparoscopic gastric bypass: A new option in bariatric surgery

Obesity Surgery

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 638-645

  Marques Tavares Menezes De Ettinger, João Eduardo ^a,b,d   Ramos, Almino C ^c   Ázaro, Euler ^a,b   Galvão Neto, Manoel P ^c   Mello, Carlos A B ^b   Galvão, Manoela S ^c   Amaral, Paulo C G ^a   Carlo, Andrei ^c   Fahel, Edvaldo ^a  

^a ESCOLA BAHIANA DE MEDICINA E SAÚDE PÚBLICA   (Brazil)

^b HOSPITAL SÃO RAFAEL   (Brazil)

^c Gastro Obeso Center   (Brazil)

^d apt 1304 ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bariatric surgery; Cost saving; Laparoscopic gastric bypass; Ligasure; Morbid obesity; Staplerless

Indexed keywords

METHYLENE BLUE;

ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COST MINIMIZATION ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC INJURY; FISTULA; GASTROJEJUNOSTOMY; HUMAN; INTESTINE ANASTOMOSIS; JEJUNUM; LAPAROSCOPY; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROUX Y ANASTOMOSIS; STOMACH BYPASS; STOMACH PARTITIONING; STOMACH POUCH; STOMACH SURGERY; SURGEON; SURGICAL STAPLING; THERMAL INJURY; WOUND CLOSURE;

ANASTOMOSIS, ROUX-EN-Y; BRAZIL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; ELECTROCOAGULATION; GASTRIC BYPASS; HUMANS; JEJUNOSTOMY; LAPAROSCOPY; METHYLENE BLUE; SUTURES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33646870812     PISSN: 09608923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1381/096089206776944896     Document Type: Article

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