Incarcerated umbilical hernia in a super-super-obese patient

Obesity Surgery

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 893-895

  Rodríguez Hermosa, José Ignacio ^a   Codina Cazador, Antoni ^a   Ruiz Feliú, Bartomeu ^a   Roig García, Josep ^a   Albiol Quer, Maite ^a   Planellas Giné, Pere ^a  

^a HOSPITAL JOSEP TRUETA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Morbid obesity; Super super obese; Umbilical hernia

Indexed keywords

PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; VASOACTIVE AGENT;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CARDIOMEGALY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; CONTINUOUS HEMODIAFILTRATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; HERNIA INCARCERATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPROTEINEMIA; INTESTINE RESECTION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LAPAROTOMY; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; MORBID OBESITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UMBILICAL HERNIA; UREMIA;

BODY MASS INDEX; FATAL OUTCOME; HERNIA, UMBILICAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, MORBID;

EID: 46949094804     PISSN: 09608923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11695-007-9397-3     Document Type: Article

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