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The Role of Endoscopy in Bariatric Surgery

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In current bariatric surgical practices, the potential assistive role of upper endoscopy occurs on a daily basis. Although colonic pathology exists in bariatric patients as it does in the general population, this chapter focuses on the role of endoscopy involving bariatric surgical anatomy of the foregut. The role of endoscopy in bariatric surgery begins well before a patient undergoes an index surgical procedure. Four roles of upper endoscopy in the care of the bariatric surgical patient will be discussed: (1) preoperative, (2) intraoperative, (3), postoperative, and (4) forensic endoscopy. Emerging roles for flexible endoscopy in the development of new bariatric surgical approaches will also be addressed.

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  1. Legacy Weight and Diabetes Institute, Legacy Health System, Good Samaritan Hospital, 1040 N.W. 22nd Ave, Suite 520, Portland, OR, 97210, USA

    Daniel Davila Bradley MD

  2. Department of Surgery, The Oregon Clinic, 4805 NE Glisan Street, Ste 6N60, Portland, OR, 97213, USA

    Kevin M. Reavis MD, FACS

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  1. Division of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of California, Irvine Medical Center, Orange, California, USA

    Ninh T. Nguyen

  2. Scottsdale Bariatric Center, Scottsdale, Arizona, USA

    Robin P. Blackstone

  3. Section of Bariatric and Minimally Invasive (BMI) Surgery, Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA

    John M. Morton

  4. Bariatric Surgery, Hamilton Medical Center, Dalton, Georgia, USA

    Jaime Ponce

  5. Professor of Surgery and Chairman Department of General Surgery Director, The Bariatric and Metabolic Institute Cleveland Clinic, Weston, Florida, USA

    Raul J. Rosenthal

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Bradley, D.D., Reavis, K.M. (2015). The Role of Endoscopy in Bariatric Surgery. In: Nguyen, N., Blackstone, R., Morton, J., Ponce, J., Rosenthal, R. (eds) The ASMBS Textbook of Bariatric Surgery. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-1206-3_35

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