Complications of laparoscopic roux-en-y gastric bypass

Surgical Clinics of North America

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1225-1237

  Al Harakeh, Ayman B ^a  

^a GUNDERSEN LUTHERAN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bariatric surgery; Complications; Gastric bypass; Obesity

Indexed keywords

FIBRIN GLUE; GASTRIN; HEPARIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; NONABSORBABLE SUTURE; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; SUCRALFATE;

ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COMPRESSION GARMENT; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DUODENUM OBSTRUCTION; EMBOLISM PREVENTION; GASTRIN BLOOD LEVEL; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GASTROJEJUNOSTOMY; HUMAN; INTERMITTENT PNEUMATIC COMPRESSION DEVICE; INTERNAL HERNIA; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; JEJUNUM ULCER; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MOBILIZATION; MORBID OBESITY; OBESITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ROUX Y ANASTOMOSIS; STOMACH BYPASS; STOMACH OBSTRUCTION; SURAL NERVE; SURGICAL STAPLING; THROMBOSIS PREVENTION; VENA CAVA FILTER;

ANASTOMOTIC LEAK; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; GASTRIC BYPASS; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; LAPAROSCOPY; OBESITY, MORBID; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 80455163315     PISSN: 00396109     EISSN: 15583171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.suc.2011.08.011     Document Type: Review

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