Esophageal perforation during gastric bypass: Delayed diagnosis and management

Obesity Surgery

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 986-988

  Endara, Santiago A ^a,b   Serrano, Armando J ^a   Sandoval, Bernardo A ^a   Davalos, Gerardo A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL METROPOLITANO   (Ecuador)

^b Edificio Diagnostico 2000 ^*  (Ecuador)

Author keywords

Bariatric surgery; Esophageal perforation; Esophagostomy; Laparoscopic; Mediastinitis; Morbid obesity; Roux en Y gastric bypass

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; ESOPHAGUS PERFORATION; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MEDIASTINITIS; MORBID OBESITY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH BYPASS; THORACOTOMY;

ADULT; ESOPHAGEAL PERFORATION; FEMALE; GASTRIC BYPASS; HUMANS; OBESITY, MORBID;

EID: 35848946619     PISSN: 09608923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11695-007-9156-5     Document Type: Article

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