Concurrent gastric bypass and repair of anterior abdominal wall hernias

Obesity Surgery

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1205-1208

  Schuster, Rob ^a   Curet, Myriam J ^a   Alami, Ramzi S ^a   Morton, John M ^a   Wren, Sherry M ^a   Safadi, Bassem Y ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gastric bypass; Hernia; Mesh; Morbid obesity; Recurrence

Indexed keywords

POLYESTER; POLYPROPYLENE;

ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIA; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; INCISIONAL HERNIA; INFECTION; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; ROUX Y ANASTOMOSIS; STOMACH BYPASS; TREATMENT FAILURE; UMBILICAL HERNIA;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; GASTRIC BYPASS; HERNIA, ABDOMINAL; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, MORBID; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL MESH; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33748933711     PISSN: 09608923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1381/096089206778392374     Document Type: Article

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