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- Title
Routine upper GI series after gastric bypass does not reliably identify anastomotic leaks or predict stricture formation.
- Authors
Carter, J T; Tafreshian, S; Campos, G M; Tiwari, U; Herbella, F; Cello, J P; Patti, M G; Rogers, S J; Posselt, A M
- Abstract
Many surgeons who perform Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) for morbid obesity routinely obtain an upper gastrointestinal (GI) series in the early postoperative period to search for anastomotic leaks and signs of stricture formation at the gastrojejunostomy. We hypothesized that this practice is unreliable.
- Publication
Surgical endoscopy, 2007, Vol 21, Issue 12, p2172
- ISSN
1432-2218
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00464-007-9326-5