Primary midline peritoneal access with optical trocar is safe and effective in morbidly obese patients

Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 610-614

  Sabeti, Nari ^a   Tarnoff, Michael ^a   Kim, Julie ^a   Shikora, Scott ^a  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bariatric surgery; Complications; Insufflation; Laparoscopic gastric band; Laparoscopic gastric bypass; Optical trocars; Pneumoperitoneum; Uninsufflated abdomen

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; FEMALE; GASTRIC BANDING; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBID OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH BYPASS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TROCAR; VASCULAR SURGERY;

ADULT; BARIATRIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, MORBID; PERITONEUM; PNEUMOPERITONEUM, ARTIFICIAL; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS;

EID: 70249114376     PISSN: 15507289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soard.2009.05.010     Document Type: Article

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