An unusual complication after roux-en-Y gastric bypass: Torsion and infarction of the divided omentum

Obesity Surgery

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1731-1733

  Bestman, T J R ^a   Valk, J W ^a   Gypen, B ^a   Declercq, S ^a   Hendrickx, L ^a  

^a Stuivenberg General Hospital   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Infarction; Morbid obesity; Omental torsion; Roux en Y gastric bypass

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFARCTION; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MALE; MORBID OBESITY; OMENTUM; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROUX EN Y GASTRIC BYPASS; STOMACH BYPASS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TORSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS, ROUX-EN-Y; GASTROPLASTY; HUMANS; INFARCTION; MALE; OBESITY, MORBID; OMENTUM; PERITONEAL DISEASES; TORSION ABNORMALITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 73949152568     PISSN: 09608923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11695-008-9716-3     Document Type: Article

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