Endoscopic suture removal at gastrojejunal anastomosis after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass to prevent marginal ulceration

Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 619-622

  Frezza, Eldo E ^a   Herbert, Haleigh ^a   Ford, Ronny ^a   Wachtel, Mitchell S ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bleeding; Gastric bypass; Gastrojejunal anastomosis; Marginal ulceration; Morbid obesity; Nonabsorbable suture; Stenosis; Therapeutic algorithm

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDOSCOPE; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GASTROJEJUNOSTOMY; HEARTBURN; HUMAN; JEJUNUM ULCER; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH BYPASS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURE REMOVAL;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; FEMALE; GASTRIC BYPASS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, MORBID; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STOMACH ULCER; SUTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 36048933694     PISSN: 15507289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soard.2007.08.019     Document Type: Article

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