Effect of location and speed of diagnosis on anastomotic leak outcomes in 3828 gastric bypass cases

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 708-713

  Lee, Sukhyung ^a,b   Carmody, Brennan ^a,c   Wolfe, Luke ^a   Demaria, Eric ^a   Kellum, John M ^a   Sugerman, Harvey ^a   Maher, James W ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WILLIAM BEAUMONT ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Gastric bypass; Gastric bypass leak complications; Gastric bypass mortality; Morbid obesity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JEJUNUM; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STOMACH; STOMACH BYPASS; TIME; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; DATABASES; FEMALE; GASTRIC BYPASS; HUMANS; JEJUNUM; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STOMACH; SURGICAL WOUND DEHISCENCE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34250214205     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11605-007-0085-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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