Long-term pulmonary complications after laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding

Obesity Surgery

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1685-1688

  Alamoudi, Omer S ^a,b  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Dept of Medicine   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Aspiration pneumonia; Gastric banding; Laparoscopic; Morbid obesity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; GASTRIC BANDING; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LOBAR PNEUMONIA; LONG TERM CARE; LUNG COMPLICATION; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MORBID OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMA;

EID: 33845939842     PISSN: 09608923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1381/096089206779319329     Document Type: Article

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