Safety and outcomes of laparoscopic gastric bypass surgery in patients 60 years of age and older

Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 383-386

  Trieu, Huy T ^a   Gonzalvo, John Paul ^a   Szomstein, Samuel ^a   Rosenthal, Raul ^a  

^a Bariatric Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Bariatric surgery; Elderly; Laparoscopic Roux en Y gastric bypass; Morbid obesity

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIA; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; GASTROJEJUNOSTOMY; GENDER; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; INTERNAL HERNIA; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PATIENT SAFETY; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROUX Y ANASTOMOSIS; SMALL INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; STENOSIS; STOMACH BYPASS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULCER; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT CONTROL;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS, ROUX-EN-Y; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; GASTRIC BYPASS; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, MORBID; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAFETY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34249027716     PISSN: 15507289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soard.2006.12.011     Document Type: Article

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