Abnormal findings on routine upper GI series following laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass

Obesity Surgery

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 311-316

  Raman, Raghav ^a   Raman, Bhargav ^a   Raman, Pavithra ^a   Rossiter, Stanford ^a   Curet, Myriam J ^a   Mindelzun, Robert ^a   Morton, John M ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Complications; Gastric bypass; Morbid obesity; Radiology; Upper gastrointestinal series

Indexed keywords

DIATRIZOATE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS MOTILITY; FEMALE; GASTROJEJUNOSTOMY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LARGE INTESTINE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBID OBESITY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROUX EN Y GASTRIC BYPASS; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STOMACH BYPASS; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT;

ADULT; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIATRIZOATE MEGLUMINE; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; FEMALE; GASTRIC BYPASS; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34247528448     PISSN: 09608923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11695-007-9057-7     Document Type: Article

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