The Impact of the Gastric Twist on Esophagitis Progression After Sleeve Gastrectomy: Mid-Term Endoscopic Findings.

Âlvaro Antônio Bandeira FerrazJosé-Tarcísio Dias da SilvaFernando Santa-CruzMaria-Améllia R AquinoLuciana T SiqueiraFlávio Kreimer

Published in: Obesity surgery (2020)

SG is responsible for an increase in the prevalence of erosive esophagitis, and the occurrence of gastric twist definitely plays a role on it, expressing a risk of 36% for esophagitis progression and being related to a higher incidence of severe esophagitis.

Keyphrases

risk factors
epithelial mesenchymal transition
risk assessment
ultrasound guided
early onset
signaling pathway
wild type