Preoperative upper gastrointestinal endoscopy in obese patients undergoing bariatric surgery: is it necessary?

Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 144-149

  de Moura Almeida, Alessandro ^a   Cotrim, Helma Pinchemel ^a   Santos, Adimeia Souza ^a   Bitencourt, Almir Galvão Vieira ^a   Barbosa, Daniel Batista Valente ^a   Lobo, Ana Piedade ^a   Rios, Adriano ^b   Alves, Erivaldo ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^b Obesity Surgery Group   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bariatric surgery; Endoscopy; Esophagitis; Gastritis; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DUODENITIS; ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HIATUS HERNIA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTESTINE METAPLASIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROUX Y ANASTOMOSIS; STOMACH BIOPSY; STOMACH BYPASS; STOMACH POLYP; STOMACH ULCER; STOMACH VARICES; TREATMENT INDICATION; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT;

ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS, ROUX-EN-Y; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BIOPSY; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMORBIDITY; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY, MORBID; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 40849140691     PISSN: 15507289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soard.2007.12.006     Document Type: Article

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