The Effect of Helicobacter pylori Eradication on Gastric Wall Thickness in Patients Undergoing Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy.

Anıl ErginHüseyin ÇiyiltepeAziz Bora KaripMehmet Mahir FersahoğluNuriye Esen BulutAhmet ÇakmakBerk TopaloğluAli Cihan BilgiliAdnan Somayİksan TaşdelenÜmit AkyüzKemal Memişoğlu

Published in: Obesity surgery (2021)

• The presence of HP increases the wall thickness of the gastric antrum mucosa. • After HP eradication, stomach antrum wall thickness returns to normal. • HP eradication before LSG reduces the wall thickness of the gastric antrum mucosa. • It was determined that HP scanning and eradication before LSG had no effect on postoperative complications.

Keyphrases

helicobacter pylori infection
helicobacter pylori
optical coherence tomography
patients undergoing
high resolution
electron microscopy