A serious but rare complication of laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding: Bowel obstruction due to caecal volvulus

Obesity Surgery

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1197-1200

  Agahi, Afshin ^a   Harle, Robin ^a  

^a ROYAL HOBART HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bariatric surgery; Gastroplasty; Intestinal obstruction; Intestinal volvulus; Morbid obesity; Postoperative complications

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CECUM; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTRIC BANDING; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; INTESTINE VOLVULUS; LAPAROTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CECUM; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; GASTROPLASTY; HUMANS; INTESTINAL VOLVULUS; LAPAROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, MORBID; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 67651003110     PISSN: 09608923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11695-009-9847-1     Document Type: Article

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