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Laparoscopic Versus Open Gastric Bypass

ninh.nguyen{at}ucdmc.ucdaais.edu, Department of Surgery, Uniuersity of California, Davis, Medical Center, Sacramento, CA

Bruce M. Wolfe, MD

Department of Surgery, Uniuersity of California, Davis, Medical Center, Sacramento, CA

Laparoscopic bypass has become a common approach for the treatment of morbid obesity. This article compares the results of laparoscopic gastric bypass with that of open gastric bypass based on published data from prospective series, comparative studies, and randomized clinical trials. Copyright 2002, Elsevier Science (USA). All rights reserved.

Key Words: Morbid obesity • gastric bypass • laparoscopy

Surgical Innovation, Vol. 9, No. 2, 86-93 (2002)
DOI: 10.1177/155335060200900203


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