Delayed life-threatening upper gastrointestinal bleeding as a complication of laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding: Case report and review of the literature
Morbid obesity is a common health problem worldwide. Laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding has been used extensively around the world for the treatment of morbid obesity. Life-threatening hemorrhage as a late complication of laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding is extremely rare. We report a ca...
Main Authors: | Fawaz C. Torab, Ashraf F. Hefny, Mazen Taha, Hassan Abou-Rebyeh, Fikri M. Abu-Zidan |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2012-07-01
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Series: | Asian Journal of Surgery |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1015958412000462 |
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