Is bariatric surgery safe in cirrhotics?

Hepatitis Monthly

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Wu, Roger ^a   Ortiz, Jorge ^a   Dallal, Ramsey ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anastomosis; Bariatric surgery; Gastrectomy; Liver cirrhosis; Obesity; Roux en y

Indexed keywords

BARIATRIC SURGERY; BLEEDING; EDITORIAL; GASTRIC BANDING; HUMAN; JEJUNOILEAL BYPASS; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; OPERATION DURATION; RUX N Y STRIC BYPASS; SLEEVE GASTRECTOMY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 84875752802     PISSN: 1735143X     EISSN: 17353408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5812/hepatmon.8536     Document Type: Editorial

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