Bowel Obstruction after Open and Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass Surgery for Morbid Obesity

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 203, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 328-335

  Capella, Rafael F ^a   Iannace, Vincent A ^a   Capella, Joseph F ^a  

^a HACKENSACK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; ARTICLE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INTERNAL HERNIA; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; LAPAROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; MORBID OBESITY; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; STOMACH BYPASS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTRIC BYPASS; HUMANS; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; LAPAROSCOPY; OBESITY, MORBID; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECURRENCE; REOPERATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33747343980     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2006.05.301     Document Type: Article

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