Expectant management of the asymptomatic gallbladder at Roux-en-Y gastric bypass

Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 476-479

  Portenier, Dana D ^a   Grant, John P ^a   Blackwood, Hilary S ^a   Pryor, Aurora ^a   McMahon, Ross L ^a   DeMaria, Eric ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cholecystectomy; Gallbladder; Roux en Y gastric bypass; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLELITHIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GALLBLADDER DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYP; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROUX Y ANASTOMOSIS; STOMACH BYPASS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS, ROUX-EN-Y; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLECYSTOLITHIASIS; FEMALE; GASTRIC BYPASS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, MORBID; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 34447342329     PISSN: 15507289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soard.2007.02.006     Document Type: Article

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