Small Bowel Limb Lengths and Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass: a Systematic Review

Obesity Surgery

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 660-671

  Mahawar, Kamal K ^a   Kumar, Parveen ^b   Parmar, Chetan ^a   Graham, Yitka ^a,c   Carr, William R J ^a   Jennings, Neil ^a   Schroeder, Norbert ^a   Balupuri, Shlok ^a   Small, Peter K ^a  

^a SUNDERLAND ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SUNDERLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alimentary limb; Bariatric surgery; Biliopancreatic limb; Gastric bypass; Obesity; Roux limb; Roux en Y gastric bypass; Small bowel length; Small bowel limb length

Indexed keywords

BILIOPANCREATIC BYPASS; DIGESTIVE TRACT PARAMETERS; HUMAN; INTERNET; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; OBESITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ROUX Y ANASTOMOSIS; SMALL BOWEL LIMB LENGTH; STOMACH BYPASS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; GASTRIC BYPASS SURGERY; OBESITY, MORBID; PROCEDURES; SMALL INTESTINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

GASTRIC BYPASS; HUMANS; INTESTINE, SMALL; OBESITY, MORBID; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 84959129386     PISSN: 09608923     EISSN: 17080428     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11695-016-2050-2     Document Type: Review

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