Late pregnancy should not delay abdominal exploration for internal hernia after gastric bypass surgery

American Surgeon

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 502-503

  Kang, Thomas ^a   Richardson, William ^a  

^a OCHSNER CLINIC FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CASE REPORT; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY INTERVENTION; ECHOGRAPHY; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL HERNIA; LAPAROTOMY; NAUSEA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; STOMACH BYPASS; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; VOMITING;

ADULT; FEMALE; GASTRIC BYPASS; HERNIA, ABDOMINAL; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY TRIMESTERS;

EID: 79959271540     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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