Trends in internal hernia incidence after laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass

Obesity Surgery

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1563-1566

  Ahmed, Ahmed R ^a   Rickards, Gretchen ^a   Husain, Syed ^a   Johnson, Joseph ^a   Boss, Thad ^a   O'Malley, William ^a  

^a Highland Hospital Rochester   (United States)

Author keywords

Complications; Gastric bypass; Internal hernia; Laparoscopy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROSTOMY; FEMALE; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; INTERNAL HERNIA; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MESOCOLON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROUX Y ANASTOMOSIS; STOMACH BYPASS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS, ROUX-EN-Y; FEMALE; GASTRIC BYPASS; HERNIA; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MESENTERY; MESOCOLON; OBESITY, MORBID; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 37549017363     PISSN: 09608923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11695-007-9260-6     Document Type: Article

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