Small Bowel Obstruction after Laparoscopic Roux-En-Y Gastric Bypass: A Review of 9,527 Patients

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 206, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 571-584

  Koppman, John S ^a   Li, Christina ^b   Gandsas, Alejandro ^b  

^a Flagler Hospital   (United States)

^b SINAI HOSPITAL OF BALTIMORE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FISHER EXACT TEST; HUMAN; INTERNAL HERNIA; LABORATORY TEST; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MEDLINE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; ROUX Y ANASTOMOSIS; SMALL INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STENOSIS; STOMACH BYPASS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GASTRIC BYPASS; HUMANS; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; INTESTINE, SMALL; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 39649102574     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2007.10.008     Document Type: Review

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