Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass is the most commonly performed surgical intervention for morbid obesity.
Internal hernias are the most common cause of postoperative bowel obstruction after
laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, with a reported incidence of 3.1% despite mesenteric defect closure
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Article info
Publication history
Published online: July 16, 2010
Accepted:
June 10,
2010
Received:
June 4,
2010
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© 2010 American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
