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Pre-screening for bariatric surgery patients: comparative effectiveness of transnasal endoscopy versus esophagogastroduodenoscopy
- Source :
- Surgical Endoscopy. 35:4153-4159
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2020.
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Abstract
- Endoscopic evaluation is frequently performed before bariatric surgery to identify foregut pathology that may alter procedure selection. Transnasal endoscopy (TNE) is an alternative to esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD). The objective of this study was to compare TNE to EGD. Patients who underwent TNE or EGD before bariatric surgery from January 2012 through April 2019 were reviewed. Statistical analyses included Chi-square, Wilcoxon two-sample, and Fisher’s exact tests. A p value
- Subjects :
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Sleeve gastrectomy
medicine.diagnostic_test
Esophagogastroduodenoscopy
business.industry
medicine.medical_treatment
Emergency department
Hepatology
Surgery
Endoscopy
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
030220 oncology & carcinogenesis
Internal medicine
medicine
030211 gastroenterology & hepatology
Transnasal endoscopy
business
Body mass index
Abdominal surgery
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Details
- ISSN :
- 14322218 and 09302794
- Volume :
- 35
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Surgical Endoscopy
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........02e58241937c7c2997533be34490a47f