Screening endoscopy before bariatric surgery: a series of 448 patients

Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 709-712

  Loewen, Mark ^a   Giovanni, Jeanine ^b   Barba, Carlos ^c  

^a Cape Cod Surgical Associates   (United States)

^b RI Surgeons   (United States)

^c Connecticut Surgeons ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Bariatric surgery; EGD; Esophagogastroduodenoscopy; Morbid obesity; Screening; Upper endoscopy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BODY MASS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DUODENITIS; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTRIC BANDING; GASTRITIS; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HIATUS HERNIA; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; JEJUNUM ULCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBID OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SEX DIFFERENCE; STOMACH BYPASS; STOMACH POLYP; SURGICAL APPROACH;

BARIATRIC SURGERY; BODY MASS INDEX; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; ENDOSCOPY, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY, MORBID; PREOPERATIVE CARE;

EID: 56049111921     PISSN: 15507289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soard.2008.02.009     Document Type: Article

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