Drain Amylase Levels Are an Adjunct in Detection of Gastrojejunostomy Leaks after Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 208, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 881-884

  Maher, James W ^a   Bakhos, William ^a   Nahmias, Nissin ^a   Wolfe, Luke G ^a   Meador, Jill G ^a   Baugh, Nancy ^a   Kellum, John M ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE;

ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRAIN; GASTROINTESTINAL RADIOGRAPHY; GASTROJEJUNOSTOMY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; ROUX Y ANASTOMOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STOMACH BYPASS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMYLASES; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; EXUDATES AND TRANSUDATES; FEMALE; GASTRIC BYPASS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGICAL STAPLING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 64949169240     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2008.12.022     Document Type: Article

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