Comment on: Bariatric surgery protects against Barrett ’s esophagus and esophageal adenocarcinoma: a national database study

I appreciate the opportunity to comment on the article titled, “Bariatric surgery protects against Barrett’s esophagus and esophageal adenocarcinoma: a national database study,” by Hurtado et al. [1]. I congratulate the authors for their interest in analyzing and discussing this topic and for the enormous effort that this study demands. The authors concl ude that bariatric surgery decreases the risk of developing gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and Barrett esophagus (BE). It is known that patients with obesity have more severe esophagitis and BE than average patients and that sleeve gastrectomy (SG) and laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass r educes excess weight with a beneficial effect for preventing BE [2].
Source: Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases - Category: Surgery Authors: Tags: Editorial comment Source Type: research