Roux-en-Y gastric bypass-associated bowel obstruction complicating pregnancy-an obstetrician's map to the clinical minefield

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 208, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 265-271

  Wax, Joseph R ^a   Pinette, Michael G ^a   Cartin, Angelina ^a  

^a MAINE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

bariatric; bowel obstruction; gastric bypass; internal hernia; pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INTERNAL HERNIA; INTESTINE VOLVULUS; LAPAROTOMY; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PERINATAL MORBIDITY; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROUX Y ANASTOMOSIS; SMALL INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; STOMACH BYPASS;

DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; GASTRIC BYPASS; HUMANS; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 84884211401     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: 10976868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2012.08.014     Document Type: Article

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