Bilateral sciatic nerve palsy following a bariatic operation

Obesity Surgery

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 983-985

  Yasin, Athar ^a,b   Patel, Ameet G ^a  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bariatric surgery; Complication; Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy; Morbid obesity; Sciatic nerve palsy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BODY MASS; CASE REPORT; DENERVATION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MALE; MORBID OBESITY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PERIPHERAL PARALYSIS; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCIATIC NERVE PARALYSIS; SLEEVE GASTRECTOMY;

BODY MASS INDEX; GASTRECTOMY; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, MORBID; SCIATIC NEUROPATHY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 35848942403     PISSN: 09608923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11695-007-9155-6     Document Type: Article

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