Routine upper GI series after gastric bypass does not reliably identify anastomotic leaks or predict stricture formation

Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2172-2177

  Carter, J T ^a   Tafreshian, S ^a   Campos, G M ^a   Tiwari, U ^a   Herbella, F ^a   Cello, J P ^a   Patti, M G ^a   Rogers, S J ^a   Posselt, A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anastomotic leak; Bariatric surgery; Complications; Laparoscopic gastric bypass; Outcomes; Stricture; Upper GI series

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CALCULATION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; GASTROINTESTINAL RADIOGRAPHY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT EXAMINATION; GASTROJEJUNOSTOMY; HUMAN; INTESTINE MOTILITY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBID OBESITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; ROUX Y ANASTOMOSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STOMACH BYPASS; STOMACH EMPTYING; SURGICAL STAPLING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT;

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS, ROUX-EN-Y; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; GASTRIC BYPASS; GASTRIC EMPTYING; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, MORBID; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETREATMENT; RISK FACTORS; SUTURES; TIME FACTORS; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT;

EID: 36248968644     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-007-9326-5     Document Type: Article

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