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Imaging in bariatric surgery: a guide to postsurgical anatomy and common complications.

Chandler RC, Srinivas G, Chintapalli KN, Schwesinger WH, Prasad SR

Department of Radiology, University Hospital, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, 7703 Floyd Curl Dr., San Antonio, TX 78229-3900, USA. robertchandler@satx.rr.com

OBJECTIVE: This article reviews the various bariatric surgical techniques and the associated imaging findings of normal postoperative anatomy and of common complications. CONCLUSION: Bariatric surgery is increasingly performed to control morbid obesity secondary to failed medical approaches. As a result, imaging plays an important role in postoperative evaluation and management. Practical knowledge of postsurgical anatomy allows accurate interpretation of imaging findings related to normal postsurgical anatomy and common postsurgical complications.

Published 20 December 2007 in AJR Am J Roentgenol, 190(1): 122-35.
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