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The Risk of Regurgitation and Pulmonary Aspiration in a Patient after Gastric Banding

Laparoscopic gastric banding is a popular surgical treatment performed to control morbid obesity all over the world. Regurgitation of food material from stomach is very common in these patients. Remnants of food material may risk the airway for pulmonary aspiration. This case experience shows that d...

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Autor principal: Thekkethodika, Abdulvahab
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3350118/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22606403
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/186104