Routine postoperative upper gastroesophageal imaging is unnecessary after laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass

American Surgeon

Volumn 72, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 862-864

  Bertucci, William ^a   White, Stephen ^a   Yadegar, John ^a   Patel, Kaushal ^a   Soo, Hwa Han ^a   Blocker, Oliver ^a   Frickel, Deborah ^a   Kadell, Barbara ^a   Mehran, Amir ^a   Gracia, Carlos ^a   Dutson, Erik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIATRIZOATE; GASTROGRAFFIN; CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; MEGLUMINE DIATRIZOATE;

ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FILM; FLUOROSCOPY; GASTROESOPHAGEAL IMAGING; GASTROINTESTINAL RADIOGRAPHY; GASTROJEJUNOSTOMY; GRAFT OCCLUSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; IMAGING; JEJUNOJEJUNOSTOMY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PATIENT CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROUX Y ANASTOMOSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STOMACH BYPASS; STOMACH EMPTYING; STOMACH FUNCTION DISORDER; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL STAPLING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ESOPHAGUS; FOLLOW UP; INSTRUMENTATION; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RADIOGRAPHY; STAPLER; STOMACH;

ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS, ROUX-EN-Y; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIATRIZOATE MEGLUMINE; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTRIC BYPASS; GASTRIC EMPTYING; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PATIENT DISCHARGE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STOMACH; SURGICAL STAPLERS;

EID: 33750687274     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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