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01.04.2010 | Letter
Esophageal dilation after gastric banding: to test or not to test before surgery?
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Surgical Endoscopy
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Ausgabe 4/2010
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Excerpt
We read with interest the article by Milone et al. [
1], and the ensuing controversies about the need to perform (or not) routine esophageal manometry before gastric banding [
2,
3]. Bariatric surgery implies a multidisciplinary evaluation of the morbidly obese patient to decide whether the indication will be helpful to the subject, in short to determine if the benefits due to surgery will outweigh the potential complications. In order to try to determine the risk–benefit ratio, specialists tend to require extensive work-ups for each organ. Although this attitude may be simple reassurance for the medical providers, it can also put an excessive stress upon candidates for bariatric surgery, as well as on already overstretched healthcare systems. …