Internal Hernia After Gastric Bypass: A New and Simplified Technique for Laparoscopic Primary Closure of the Mesenteric Defects

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 641-645

  Aghajani, Ebrahim ^a   Jacobsen, Hedin J ^a   Nergaard, Bent Johnny ^a   Hedenbro, Jan L ^b   Leifson, Björn Geir ^b   Gislason, Hjörtur ^a  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b Aleris Obesitas Skåne ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bowel obstruction; Internal hernia; LRGB; Mesenteric defects

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HERNIORRHAPHY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MESENTERY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORBID OBESITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STOMACH BYPASS; SUTURING METHOD; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTRIC BYPASS; HERNIA, ABDOMINAL; HERNIORRHAPHY; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MESENTERY; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, MORBID; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856706745     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11605-011-1790-5     Document Type: Article

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