Is routine preoperative upper endoscopy in gastric banding patients really necessary?

Obesity Surgery

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 45-47

  Korenkov, Michael ^a   Sauerland, S ^b   Shah, Siegfried ^a   Junginger, Theodor ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gastric banding; Gastroesophageal symptoms; Gastroscopy; History taking; Morbid obesity; Sensitivity and specificity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BODY MASS; EROSIVE GASTRITIS; ESOPHAGITIS; FEMALE; GASTRIC BANDING; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GASTROSCOPY; HIATUS HERNIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STOMACH POLYP; STOMACH ULCER;

ADULT; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; ENDOSCOPY, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FEMALE; GASTROPLASTY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, MORBID; PREOPERATIVE CARE;

EID: 32544461777     PISSN: 09608923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1381/096089206775222104     Document Type: Article

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