The role of routine preoperative upper endoscopy in bariatric surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 1116-1125

  Bennett, Sean ^a,b,c   Gostimir, Mišo ^a   Shorr, Risa ^b   Mallick, Ranjeeta ^a,c   Mamazza, Joseph ^a,b   Neville, Amy ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bariatric surgery; Preoperative endoscopy; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

BARIATRIC SURGERY; BODY MASS; CANADA; COCHRANE LIBRARY; EMBASE; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HIATUS HERNIA; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL SUBJECT HEADINGS; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; PEPTIC ULCER; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ADULT; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GASTROSCOPY; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; INCIDENTAL FINDING; PROCEDURES;

HISTAMINE AGONIST; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR;

ADULT; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GASTROSCOPY; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HISTAMINE AGONISTS; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; MALE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROTON PUMP INHIBITORS;

EID: 84992709800     PISSN: 15507289     EISSN: 18787533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soard.2016.04.012     Document Type: Review

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