Is high BMI associated with specific complications after laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass?

American Surgeon

Volumn 73, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 959-962

  Parikh, Janak ^a,b   Yermilov, Irina ^a   Mcgory, Marcia ^a   Jain, Sushma ^a   Ko, Clifford Y ^a,b   Maggard, Melinda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DYSPHAGIA; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC ROUX EN Y GASTRIC BYPASS; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NEPHROLITHIASIS; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; RISK; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STOMACH BYPASS; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SWELLING; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VOMITING; WEIGHT REDUCTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; LAPAROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; MORBID OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; GASTRIC BYPASS; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, MORBID; ODDS RATIO; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 38449109774     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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