Intraoperative endoscopy for laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass: Leak test and beyond

Surgical Laparoscopy, Endoscopy and Percutaneous Techniques

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 424-427

  Alasfar, Fahad ^a   Chand, Bipan ^b  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

bariatric; Endoscopy; gastric bypass

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GASTROJEJUNOSTOMY; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE ENDOSCOPY; LAPAROSCOPIC ROUX EN Y GASTRIC BYPASS; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OBESITY; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH BYPASS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; ANASTOMOTIC LEAK; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; FEMALE; GASTRIC BYPASS; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, MORBID; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 78650803677     PISSN: 15304515     EISSN: 15344908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLE.0b013e3182008e2c     Document Type: Article

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