Laparoscopically assisted transgastric endoscopy in Roux-en-Y gastric bypass: A word of caution

American Surgeon

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Geert, Peeters ^a   Jacques, Himpens ^a  

^a St Blasius General Hospital   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; GAS EMBOLISM; INTESTINE PRESSURE; LAPAROSCOPY; LETTER; PERITONEAL CAVITY; PNEUMOPERITONEUM; STOMACH BYPASS; VATER PAPILLA;

EMBOLISM, AIR; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTRIC BYPASS; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; OBESITY, MORBID; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 77953564983     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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