Reinforcing the staple line during laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy: Does it have advantages? a meta-analysis

Obesity Surgery

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1206-1213

  Choi, Yoon Young ^a   Bae, Jungmin ^a   Hur, Kyung Yul ^a   Choi, Dongho ^a   Kim, Yong Jin ^b  

^a Armed Forces Ildong Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Soonchunhyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Leak; Reinforcement; Sleeve gastrectomy

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL BLEEDING; ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL REFLUX; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MALE; META ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEVE GASTRECTOMY; STENOSIS; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL STAPLING; SURGICAL WOUND; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ANASTOMOTIC LEAK; FEMALE; GASTROPLASTY; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; OBESITY, MORBID; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SURGICAL STAPLING; SUTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 84864873923     PISSN: 09608923     EISSN: 17080428     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11695-012-0674-4     Document Type: Article

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