Efficiency of preoperative esophagogastroduodenoscopy in identifying operable hiatal hernia for bariatric surgery patients.
CONCLUSION: Small HH are over-diagnosed with EGD, as most do not require repair. However, moderate and large HH are accurately detected.
PMID: 27639984 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases : official journal of the American Society for Bariatric Surgery - Category: Surgery Authors: Mohammed R, Fei P, Phu J, Asai M, Antanavicius G Tags: Surg Obes Relat Dis Source Type: research
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