Place of upper endoscopy before and after bariatric surgery: A multicenter experience with 3219 patients

Table 3 Endoscopic findings during routine upper gastrointestinal endoscopy and their prevalence

EGD findings	Group A (n = 902)	Group B (n = 2317)	P value
Esophagus
Normal = 65%	19%	46%	0.001
Abnormal = 35%	25%	10%	0.001
Hiatal hernia	21.9%	7.9%
Esophagitis	19%	6%
Barrett’s esophagus	1.1%	0.1%
Stomach
Normal = 77%	24%	53%	0.001
Abnormal = 23%	17%	6%	0.001
Spotty gastropathy	4%	1.3%
Erythematous gastropathy	7%	2.5%%
Erosive gastropathy	8%	1.2%%
Atrophic gastropathy	1%	0.48%
Multiple polyps	0.1%	0.02%
Ulcer	2.4%	0.5%
Duodenum
Normal = 87%	23%	64%	0.001
Abnormal = 13%	9%	4%	0.001
Erythematous bulbopathy	6%	2.2%
Erosive bulbopathy	2.6%	1%
Ulcer	1.4%	0.8%
+ve biopsy for H. pylori, 407 (14.6%)	10.7%	3.9%	0.001

EGD: Esophagogastroduoudenoscopy; H. pylori: Helicobacter pylori.