Improved outcomes using a systematic and evidence-based approach to the laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass in a single academic institution

American Surgeon

Volumn 73, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 955-958

  Soo, Hwa Han ^a   Gracia, Carlos ^a   Mehran, Amir ^a   Basa, Nicole ^a   Hines, Joe ^a   Suleman, Lubna ^a   Vira, Darshni ^a   Dutson, Erik ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BLEEDING; BODY MASS; EDUCATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERNAL HERNIA; LAPAROSCOPIC ROUX EN Y GASTRIC BYPASS; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; ORGANIZATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PELVIS SURGERY; POPULATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; REOPERATION; SCREENING; STOMACH BYPASS; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; ULCER; CLINICAL PATHWAY; COMORBIDITY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORBID OBESITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COMORBIDITY; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; GASTRIC BYPASS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, MORBID; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 38449111647     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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