title: Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass for super/super obesity.
abstract: Laparoscopic gastric bypass has been recently introduced as an alternative method to conventional open gastric bypass. This procedure has been generally limited to patients with a BMI <60 kg/m2 due to the possible technical limitations of the laparoscopic instruments. In this article, we present a patient with super/super obesity (61 kg/m2) who underwent Rouxen-Y gastric bypass using the laparoscopic approach.
authors.affiliation: The Minimally Invasive Surgery Center, Department of Surgery, University of California Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, USA. ninh.nguyen@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu
authors.forename: N T
authors.initials: NT
authors.lastname: Nguyen
authors.forename: H S
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Ho
authors.forename: L S
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Palmer
authors.forename: B M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Wolfe
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000713:Anastomosis, Roux-en-Y; D015390:Gastric Bypass / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D009767:Obesity, Morbid / Q000601:surgery*