Routine upper gastrointestinal swallow studies after laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy are unnecessary

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 207, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 897-901

  Mittermair, Reinhard ^a   Sucher, Robert ^a   Perathoner, Alexander ^a   Wykypiel, Heinz ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Bariatric surgery; Complications; Obesity; Sleeve gastrectomy; UGI study

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GASTROESOPHAGEAL TRANSIT DELAY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SLEEVE GASTRECTOMY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEVE GASTRECTOMY; STOMACH FUNCTION DISORDER;

BARIATRIC SURGERY; COMPLICATIONS; OBESITY; SLEEVE GASTRECTOMY; UGI STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOTIC LEAK; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIATRIZOATE MEGLUMINE; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GASTROSCOPY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, MORBID; PAIN MEASUREMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL STAPLING; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT;

EID: 84901835824     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: 18791883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2013.06.015     Document Type: Article

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