Clinical trials: Bleeding of the Staple Line
Morbid Obesity
Evaluation of Endostapled Anastomoses for Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass (EEA-LGB)
Laparoscopic gastric bypass surgery is a common procedure being performed for the treatment of morbid obesity. The procedure consists of a creation of a small gastric pouch and rerouting the small bowel to bypass the stomach and…
- Trial name
- EEA-LGB (NCT00254072)
- Testing
- 3.5 mm vs 4.8 mm Stapler During Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass
- Where
- 6 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 355 people
- Sponsor
- University of California, Irvine