23-Hour stay outcomes for laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass in a small, teaching community hospital

American Surgeon

Volumn 74, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1206-1210

  Fares II, Louis G ^a,b,c   Reeder, Rachel C ^a   Bock, John ^b   Batezel, Valerie ^a  

^a SETON HALL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Center for Advanced Weight Loss   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIET; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HISPANIC; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; JEJUNOSTOMY; LAPAROSCOPIC ROUX EN Y GASTRIC BYPASS; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBID OBESITY; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EDUCATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMALL INTESTINE; STOMACH BYPASS; TACHYCARDIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; GASTRIC BYPASS; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, MORBID; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 57449107287     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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