Roux limb obstruction secondary to constriction at transverse mesocolon rent after laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass

Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 194-198

  Ahmed, Ahmed R ^a   Rickards, Gretchen ^a   Messing, Susan ^a   Husain, Syed ^a   Johnson, Joseph ^a   Boss, Thad ^a   O'Malley, William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Gastric bypass; Roux limb obstruction; Small bowel obstruction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MESOCOLON; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK REDUCTION; ROUX Y ANASTOMOSIS; SMALL INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; STOMACH BYPASS; SURGICAL RISK; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTRIC BYPASS; GASTRIC STUMP; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; INTESTINE, SMALL; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MESOCOLON; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, MORBID; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 62549095890     PISSN: 15507289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soard.2008.02.004     Document Type: Article

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