Management of anastomotic leaks after Roux-en-Y bypass using self-expanding polyester stents

Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 594-599

  Edwards, Christopher A ^a   Bui, Phiet T ^a   Astudillo, J Andrés ^a   de la Torre, Roger A ^a   Miedema, Brent W ^a   Ramaswamy, Archana ^a   Fearing, Nicole M ^a   Ramshaw, Bruce J ^a   Thaler, Klaus ^a   Scott, J Stephen ^a  

^a University of Missouri   (United States)

Author keywords

Anastomotic leak; Endoscopy; Gastric bypass; Stent

Indexed keywords

POLYESTER;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FISTULA; HEALING; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OBESITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROUX Y ANASTOMOSIS; STENT; STOMACH BYPASS;

ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTRIC BYPASS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; POLYESTERS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 51349108188     PISSN: 15507289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soard.2008.05.009     Document Type: Article

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