Preoperative work-up in asymptomatic patients undergoing Roux-en-Y gastric bypass: Is endoscopy mandatory?

Obesity Surgery

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1304-1311

  Azagury, D ^a   Dumonceau, J M ^a   Morel, P ^a   Chassot, G ^a   Huber, Olivier ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Endoscopy; Gastric bypass; Healthcare costs; Helicobacter pylori; Morbid obesity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; CHRONIC GASTRITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM INJURY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM ULCER; ENDOSCOPY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; GASTROINTESTINAL BIOPSY; HEALTH CARE COST; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HIATUS HERNIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBID OBESITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; REVIEW; ROUX Y ANASTOMOSIS; SCREENING TEST; STOMACH BYPASS; STOMACH POLYPOSIS; THERAPY DELAY; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; FEMALE; GASTRIC BYPASS; GASTRITIS; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; INTESTINES; MALE; METAPLASIA; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, MORBID; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 33750541915     PISSN: 09608923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1381/096089206778663896     Document Type: Review

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