Internal hernia after laparoscopic gastric bypass surgery: A case report and literature review

Postgraduate Medicine

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Morgan, Heidi ^a   Chastanet, Robert ^a   Lucha Jr , Paul A ^a  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER PORTSMOUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Gastric bypass surgery; Hernia; Intestinal obstruction; Obesity; Roux en Y gastric bypass surgery

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ABDOMINAL TENDERNESS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL HERNIA; LABORATORY TEST; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; NAUSEA; OBESITY; PETERSEN HERNIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; ROUX Y ANASTOMOSIS; SMALL INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; STOMACH BYPASS; VOMITING; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIA; LAPAROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; REVIEW;

FEMALE; GASTRIC BYPASS; HERNIA, ABDOMINAL; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY;

EID: 54049091249     PISSN: 00325481     EISSN: 19419260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3810/pgm.2008.07.1787     Document Type: Article

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