Internal hernia after laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass for morbid obesity: A continuous challenge in bariatric surgery

Obesity Surgery

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1482-1487

  Paroz, A ^a   Calmes, J M ^a   Giusti, V ^a   Suter, M ^a,b  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b Hopital du Chablais   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Internal hernia; Laparoscopic Roux en Y gastric bypass; Morbid obesity; Obesity surgery; Small bowel obstruction

Indexed keywords

ABSORBABLE SUTURE;

ADHESION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BODY MASS; COLIC; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERNAL HERNIA; INTESTINE NECROSIS; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; JEJUNUM; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MESOCOLON; MORBID OBESITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROUX Y ANASTOMOSIS; SMALL INTESTINE RESECTION; STOMACH BYPASS; SURGICAL APPROACH; SUTURE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTRIC BYPASS; HERNIA; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, MORBID; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33751045310     PISSN: 09608923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1381/096089206778870102     Document Type: Article

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