ReviewObesity surgery2018
Is Routine Preoperative Esophagogastroduodenoscopy Screening Necessary Prior to Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy? Review of 1555 Cases and Comparison with Current Literature.
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23 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 42 citations in OpenAlex.
- Preoperative Oesophagogastroduodenoscopy and the Effect on Bariatric Surgery: a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Obesity surgery · 2023Pooled it
- Is Routine Preoperative Esophagogastroduodenoscopy Prior to Bariatric Surgery Mandatory? Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of 10,685 Patients.Obesity surgery · 2020Pooled it
- Routine endoscopy prior to bariatric surgery: evidence-based necessity or institutional tradition?BMC surgery · 2025Article
- Trends and Practices in Bariatric Surgery in Egypt: Insights on Esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) Utilization and Surgical Volumes.Obesity surgery · 2025Article
- Reflux-Related Abnormalities at Distal oesophagus, Gastric Pouch and Anastomotic Site 4 Years After OAGB: Diagnostic Accuracies of Endoscopy Compared to Biopsy and of Symptoms Compared to Both.Obesity surgery · 2025Article
- GERD-screening before bariatric surgery: the predictive value of the GERD-HRQL questionnaire score compared with preoperative EGD findings.Surgical endoscopy · 2023Article
- The utility of endoscopy prior to bariatric surgery: an 11-year retrospective analysis of 885 patients.Surgical endoscopy · 2023Article
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- Routine Use of Esophago-gastro-duodenoscopy (EGD) in Bariatric Surgery-an International Survey of Our Current Practice.Obesity surgery · 2022Article
- Gastrointestinal Symptomatology as a Predictor of Esophagogastroduodenoscopy Findings in the Bariatric Population: a Retrospective Cohort Study with Review of the Literature.Obesity surgery · 2022Review
- Preoperative Assessment of Patients Undergoing Bariatric Sleeve Gastrectomy: A Cross-Sectional Study.Gastroenterology research and practice · 2022Article
- Hiatal Hernia Evaluation Before Bariatric Surgery: Should It Be Routinely Done?Obesity surgery · 2021Article
- The Effect of Bariatric Surgery and Endoscopic Procedures on Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease.Journal of neurogastroenterology and motility · 2021Review
- Revisional Surgeries of Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy.Diabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity : targets and therapy · 2021Review
- Accuracy of hiatal hernia diagnosis in bariatric patients: Preoperative endoscopyJGH open : an open access journal of gastroenterology and hepatology · 2020Article
- Gastroesophageal Reflux and Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy: Results of the First International Consensus Conference.Obesity surgery · 2020Article
- IFSO Position Statement on the Role of Esophago-Gastro-Duodenal Endoscopy Prior to and after Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery Procedures.Obesity surgery · 2020Review
- Preoperative Upper-GI Endoscopy Prior to Bariatric Surgery: Essential or Optional?Obesity surgery · 2020Article
- Unexpected histopathological findings after sleeve gastrectomy.Surgical endoscopy · 2020Article
- Gastroesophageal reflux disease, obesity and laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy: The burning questions.World journal of gastroenterology · 2019Review
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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
backgroundControversy exists as to whether routine preoperative esophagogastroduodenoscopy (p-OGD) in bariatric surgery should be routinely undertaken or undertaken selectively based on patients' symptoms. As very few studies have focused on the role of p-OGD prior to the increasingly common laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG), we assessed the role/impact of p-OGD in LSG patients.
methodsRetrospective review of records of all LSG patients operated upon at Hamad General Hospital, Qatar (2011-2014, n = 1555). All patients were screened by p-OGD. Patient characteristics were analyzed, and p-OGD findings were categorized into four groups employing Sharaf et al.'s classification (Obes Surg 14:1367-1372, 23). We assessed the impact of p-OGD findings on any change in surgical management or lack thereof.
resultsp-OGD findings indicated that 89.5% of our patients had normal or mild findings and were asymptomatic (groups 0 and 1, not necessitating any change in surgical management), and no patients had gastric cancer or varices (group 3). A total of 10.5% of our sample were categorized as group 2 patients who, according to Sharaf et al. (Obes Surg 14:1367-1372, 23), might have their surgical approach changed. All patients diagnosed preoperatively with hiatal hernia (HH) had LSG with crural repair and their symptoms resolved postoperatively.
conclusionDue to effectiveness and best utilization of resources, routine p-OGD screening in patients scheduled for LSG may require further justification for asymptomatic patients especially in regions with low upper GI cancers. p-OGD findings had low impact on the management of asymptomatic patients. Crural repair plus LSG was effective for hiatal hernia.
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