Routine Upper Gastrointestinal Fluoroscopy Before Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy: Is It Necessary?

Ido MizrahiAla'a AbubeihJacob RachmuthYevgeni PlotkinNahum BeglaibterRonit GrinbaumIthamar GreensteinNaama Lev Cohain

Published in: Obesity surgery (2020)

Routine preoperative upper GI fluoroscopy holds a low sensitivity for HH detection. Health policy regulators should consider omitting this exam from routine preoperative evaluation for bariatric patients.

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