Pitfalls of bariatric tourism: A complication of gastric plication

Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Tsang, Andrew ^a   Jain, Vigyan ^a  

^a LUTON AND DUNSTABLE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bariatric; Obstruction; Plication

Indexed keywords

BARIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; CASE REPORT; DIET; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC GREATER CURVE GASTRIC PLICATION; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LAPAROSCOPY; MORBID OBESITY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH OBSTRUCTION; SUTURE REMOVAL;

ADULT; FEMALE; GASTROPLASTY; HUMANS; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; LAPAROSCOPY; MEDICAL TOURISM; OBESITY, MORBID; REOPERATION; STOMACH DISEASES; SUTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 84866134724     PISSN: 15507289     EISSN: 18787533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soard.2011.08.015     Document Type: Article

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