Complications of bariatric surgery

Minerva Chirurgica

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 125-139

  Herron, D M ^a   Bloomberg, R ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bariatric surgery; Obesity; Postoperative complications

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; HEPARIN; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; SUCRALFATE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BLEEDING; CALCIUM DEFICIENCY; CHOLELITHIASIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ESOPHAGUS STRICTURE; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; GASTRIC BANDING; HUMAN; INCISIONAL HERNIA; INTERNAL HERNIA; INTESTINAL BLEEDING; IRON DEFICIENCY; JEJUNUM ULCER; LIVER DISEASE; LUNG EMBOLISM; METABOLIC DISORDER; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; OBESITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; REVIEW; SURGICAL STAPLING; SURGICAL WOUND; THROMBOEMBOLISM; ULCEROGENESIS; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WOUND INFECTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; CHOLELITHIASIS; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HERNIA; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES; NUTRITION DISORDERS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 33745503613     PISSN: 00264733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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