Incidence of deep vein thrombosis in morbidly obese patients undergoing laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass

Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 126-130

  Escalante Tattersfield, Tomas ^a   Tucker, Olga ^a   Fajnwaks, Patricio ^a   Szomstein, Samuel ^a   Rosenthal, Raul J ^a  

^a Bariatric Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Deep vein thrombosis; Doppler ultrasonography; Gastric bypass; Laparoscopy; Prophylaxis; Pulmonary embolism; Roux en Y

Indexed keywords

ENOXAPARIN; HEPARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ARTICLE; ATELECTASIS; BODY MASS; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEMATOMA; HEPARIN INDUCED THROMBOCYTOPENIA; HERNIA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LEG THROMBOSIS; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORBID OBESITY; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROUX Y ANASTOMOSIS; STOMACH BYPASS; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL MORTALITY; THROMBOSIS PREVENTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS, ROUX-EN-Y; FEMALE; GASTRIC BYPASS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, MORBID; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 40849131066     PISSN: 15507289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soard.2007.12.015     Document Type: Article

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