Management of Excessive Weight Loss Following Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass: Clinical Algorithm and Surgical Techniques

Obesity Surgery

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 5-11

  Akusoba, Ikemefuna ^a   Birriel, T Javier ^a   El Chaar, Maher ^a  

^a Department of General Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

Excessive weight loss; Gastric bypass reversal; Protein calorie malnutrition; Roux en Y gastric bypass

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CASE REPORT; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBID OBESITY; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CALORIE MALNUTRITION; PROTEIN DIET; ROUX Y ANASTOMOSIS; SMALL INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; STOMACH TUBE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT PLANNING; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WORK; ADVERSE EFFECTS; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; GASTROSTOMY; LAPAROSCOPY; OBESITY, MORBID; PROCEDURES; PROTEIN-ENERGY MALNUTRITION; REOPERATION; STOMACH; STOMACH BYPASS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; BODY MASS INDEX; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; GASTRIC BYPASS; GASTRIC STUMP; GASTROSTOMY; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, MORBID; PROTEIN-ENERGY MALNUTRITION; REOPERATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 84952980733     PISSN: 09608923     EISSN: 17080428     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11695-015-1775-7     Document Type: Article

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