Upper gastrointestinal swallow study following bariatric surgery: Institutional review and review of the literature

Obesity Surgery

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1039-1043

  Brockmeyer, Joel R ^a   Simon, Todd E ^a   Jacob, Richard K ^a   Husain, Farah ^a   Choi, Yong ^a  

^a EISENHOWER ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bariatric surgery; Radiology; Upper GI

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ANASTOMOSIS STENOSIS; ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GASTRIC BANDING; GASTROINTESTINAL RADIOGRAPHY; GASTROJEJUNOSTOMY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; ROUX Y ANASTOMOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SLEEVE GASTRECTOMY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL RISK; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL SWALLOW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANASTOMOTIC LEAK; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; GASTRIC BYPASS; GASTROPLASTY; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, MORBID; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862600929     PISSN: 09608923     EISSN: 17080428     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11695-012-0658-4     Document Type: Article

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