Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass for super/super obesity

Authors
Nguyen, NT Ho, HS Palmer, LS Wolfe, BM
Citation
Nt. Nguyen et al., Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass for super/super obesity, OBES SURG, 9(4), 1999, pp. 403-406
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery
Journal title
OBESITY SURGERY
ISSN journal
09608923 → ACNP
Volume
9
Issue
4
Year of publication
1999
Pages
403 - 406
Database
ISI
SICI code
0960-8923(199908)9:4<403:LRGBFS>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
Laparoscopic gastric bypass has been recently introduced as an alternative method to conventional open gastric bypass. This procedure has been general ly limited to patients with a BMI <60 kg/m(2) due to the possible technical limitations of the laparoscopic instruments. In this article, we present a patient with super/super obesity (61 kg/m(2)) who underwent Rouxen-Y gastr ic bypass using the laparoscopic approach.