The "O" sign, a simple and helpful tool in the diagnosis of laparoscopic adjustable gastric band slippage

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 195, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 137-141

  Pieroni, Sabrina ^a,b   Sommer, Eric A ^a   Hito, Rania ^a   Burch, Miguel ^a   Tkacz, Jaroslaw N ^a  

^a BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b New Rochelle Radiology Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Bariatric surgery complications; Fluoroscopy; Gastric band; Gastric band slippage; LAGB; Laparoscopic adjustable gastric band

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; ARTICLE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM EXAMINATION; FEMALE; GASTRIC BAND SLIPPAGE; GASTRIC BANDING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RADIOLOGIST; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT;

ADULT; CONTRAST MEDIA; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; GASTROPLASTY; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, MORBID; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 77954699821     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.09.3933     Document Type: Article

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