Internal Hernia as a Complication of Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass
- 1 October 2007
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Obesity Surgery
- Vol. 17 (10), 1283-1286
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s11695-007-9229-5
Abstract
Internal hernia (IH) is a well known complication of Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGBP) which is more frequently encountered when the RYGBP is done laparoscopically.Keywords
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