Outcomes of laparoscopic gastric bypass in a randomized clinical trial compared with a concurrent national database

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 104, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 562-569

  Stenberg, E ^a   Szabo, E ^a   Ottosson, J ^a   Naslund I ^a  

^a Örebro University   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABNORMALITIES; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; GASTRIC BYPASS SURGERY; HERNIA; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MESENTERY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REGISTER; SMALL INTESTINE; SURGERY; SWEDEN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; GASTRIC BYPASS; HERNIA; HUMANS; INTESTINE, SMALL; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MESENTERY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REGISTRIES; SWEDEN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 85013941171     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: 13652168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.10448     Document Type: Article

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