Internal Herniation After Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Surgery: Pitfalls in Diagnosing and the Introduction of the AMSTERDAM Classification

Obesity Surgery

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 1859-1866

  Geubbels, Noëlle ^a   Röell, Eveline A ^a   Acherman, Yair I Z ^a   Bruin, Sjoerd C ^a   van de Laar, Arnold W J M ^a   de Brauw, L Maurits ^a  

^a SLOTERVAART HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Classification; Complication; Internal herniation; Laparoscopic Roux en Y gastric bypass; Morbid obesity; Small bowel obstruction

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL CRAMP; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ABSORBABLE SUTURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLIC; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EPIGASTRIC DISCOMFORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERNAL HERNIA; LABORATORY TEST; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RISK FACTOR; ROUX Y ANASTOMOSIS; STAPLER; STOMACH BYPASS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; ULTRASOUND; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLASSIFICATION; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; GASTRIC BYPASS SURGERY; LAPAROSCOPY; MORBID OBESITY; NETHERLANDS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; GASTRIC BYPASS; HERNIA, ABDOMINAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; OBESITY, MORBID; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84954556671     PISSN: 09608923     EISSN: 17080428     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11695-015-2028-5     Document Type: Article

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