Transnasal small-caliber esophagogastroduodenoscopy for preoperative evaluation of the high-risk morbidly obese patient

Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 758-760

  Alami, R S ^a,b   Schuster, R ^a,b   Friedland, S ^a   Curet, M J ^a,b   Wren, S M ^a,b   Soetikno, R ^a,b   Morton, J M ^b   Safadi, B Y ^a,b  

^a VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gastric bypass; Morbid obesity; Sleep apnea; Transnasal endoscopy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BIOPSY; BODY MASS; CANNULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONSENSUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIGESTIVE TRACT ENDOSCOPY; DUODENUM; ENDOSCOPE; ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS METAPLASIA; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HIATUS HERNIA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTESTINE METAPLASIA; MALE; METAPLASIA; MORBID OBESITY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SEDATION; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; STOMACH BYPASS; STOMACH POLYP; STOMACH ULCER; TRANSNASAL SMALL CALIBER ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY;

ADULT; BARIATRIC SURGERY; DUODENOSCOPY; ENDOSCOPES, GASTROINTESTINAL; ENDOSCOPY, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; GASTROSCOPY; HUMANS; MALE; NASAL CAVITY; OBESITY, MORBID; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 34247554983     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-006-9101-z     Document Type: Article

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