Intraoperative endoscopy and leaks after laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass

American Surgeon

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 485-488

  Alaedeen, Diya ^a   Madan, Atul K ^a,d   Ro, Charles Y ^a   Khan, Khurram A ^c   Martinez, Jose M ^a   Tichansky, David S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Colorado Springs Health Partners   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE LEAK; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; ROUX Y ANASTOMOSIS; STOMACH TUBE;

ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; GASTRIC BYPASS; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; METHYLENE BLUE; OBESITY, MORBID; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 67649646791     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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