Comparative analysis of gender differences in outcomes after biliopancreatic diversion with duodenal switch: Revisiting male gender as a predictor for adverse outcomes in bariatric surgery

American Surgeon

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 543-544

  Sucandy, Iswanto ^a   Antanavicius, Gintaras ^a  

^a ABINGTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; BODY MASS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEVER; GASTROJEJUNOSTOMY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC ROUX EN Y GASTRIC BYPASS; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBID OBESITY; OXYGEN SATURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PULSE OXIMETER; SHORT SURVEY; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; STOMACH BYPASS; THROMBOPHLEBITIS; TROCAR; VENA CAVA FILTER; WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BILIOPANCREATIC DIVERSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, MORBID; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; ROBOTICS; SEX FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 84877832777     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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