Intraoperative endoscopic test resulting in no postoperative leaks from the gastric pouch and gastrojejunal anastomosis in 366 laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypasses

Obesity Surgery

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1067-1069

  Shin, Robert B ^a,b  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Northgate Business Park   (United States)

Author keywords

Bariatric surgery; Gastroscopy; Laparoscopic Roux en Y gastric bypass; Leak; Morbid obesity

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ARTICLE; CLAMP; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; GASTROJEJUNOSTOMY; GASTROSCOPY; HUMAN; IMMERSION; INCIDENCE; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LAPAROSCOPIC ROUX EN Y GASTRIC BYPASS; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBID OBESITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; ROUX Y ANASTOMOSIS; STOMACH BYPASS; STOMACH POUCH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS, ROUX-EN-Y; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; FEMALE; GASTRIC BYPASS; HUMANS; INSUFFLATION; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 4644309879     PISSN: 09608923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1381/0960892041975613     Document Type: Article

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