Relationship between Varying Roux Limb Lengths and Weight Loss in Gastric Bypass

Current Surgery

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 259-263

  Lee, Sukhyung ^a   Sahagian, Kirk G ^a   Schriver, John P ^a  

^a WILLIAM BEAUMONT ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

gastric bypass surgery; nutrition; obesity; Roux limb

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRIENT; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROUX Y ANASTOMOSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STOMACH BYPASS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; GASTRIC BYPASS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 33745815120     PISSN: 01497944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cursur.2006.05.001     Document Type: Article

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