Wernicke's encephalopathy after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass

Obesity Surgery

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1135-1137

  Escalona, Alex ^a   Pérez, Gustavo ^a   León, Francisca ^a   Volaric, Catherine ^a   Mellado, Patricio ^a   Ibáñez, Luis ^a   Guzmán, Sergio ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Bariatric surgery; Morbid obesity; Roux en Y gastric bypass; Thiamine; Vomiting; Wernicke's encephalopathy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MORBID OBESITY; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROUX Y ANASTOMOSIS; STOMACH BYPASS; THIAMINE DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY; VOMITING; WERNICKE ENCEPHALOPATHY;

ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS, ROUX-EN-Y; FEMALE; GASTRIC BYPASS; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; THIAMINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WERNICKE ENCEPHALOPATHY;

EID: 4644309877     PISSN: 09608923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1381/0960892041975523     Document Type: Article

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