The importance of the length of the limbs for gastric bypass patients-an evidence-based review

Obesity Surgery

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 119-124

  Stefanidis, Dimitrios ^a   Kuwada, Timothy S ^a   Gersin, Keith S ^a  

^a CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Gastric bypass; Roux limb length; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

BILIOPANCREATIC BYPASS; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSLIPIDEMIA; HUMAN; MALABSORPTION; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ROUX Y ANASTOMOSIS; STOMACH BYPASS; SUTURING METHOD; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

GASTRIC BYPASS; HUMANS; OBESITY, MORBID;

EID: 78651230165     PISSN: 09608923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11695-010-0239-3     Document Type: Review

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