Routine trans-abdominal ultrasonography before laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy: The findings

Obesity Surgery

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 397-399

  Almazeedi, Sulaiman ^a   Al Sabah, Salman ^a   Alshammari, Dheidan ^b  

^a AL AMIRI HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

^b FARWANIYA HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Bariatric surgery; Fatty liver; Gallstones; Gastrectomy; Laparoscopic surgery; Screening; Sleeve gastrectomy; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; ECHOGRAPHY; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; GALLSTONE FORMATION; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; INGUINAL HERNIA; KIDNEY CYST; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LIVER HEMANGIOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHROLITHIASIS; OVARY CYST; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SLEEVE GASTRECTOMY; SPLENOMEGALY; STOMACH POLYP; TRANS ABDOMINAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; UTERUS MYOMA;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; GALLSTONES; GASTRECTOMY; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; OBESITY, MORBID; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 84897991400     PISSN: 09608923     EISSN: 17080428     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11695-013-1092-y     Document Type: Article

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