Intragastric balloon insertion increases the frequency of erosive esophagitis in obese patients

Obesity Surgery

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1346-1349

  Rossi, Angelo ^a   Bersani, Gianluca ^a   Ricci, Giorgio ^b   Petrini, Chiara ^b   DeFabritiis, Giovanni ^a   Alvisi, Vittorio ^b  

^a Endoscopia Digestiva   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Endoscopy; Intragastric balloon; Morbid obesity; Reflux esophagitis

Indexed keywords

ESOMEPRAZOLE; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BALLOON; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DUODENUM ULCER; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLUX ESOPHAGITIS; STOMACH ULCER; CLASSIFICATION; ESOPHAGITIS; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; MORBID OBESITY;

ADULT; AGED; ESOPHAGITIS; FEMALE; GASTRIC BALLOON; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, MORBID; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 38449119472     PISSN: 09608923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11695-007-9239-3     Document Type: Article

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