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World J Gastroenterol. Oct 7, 2013; 19(37): 6188-6192
Published online Oct 7, 2013. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i37.6188
Published online Oct 7, 2013. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i37.6188
Screening pre-bariatric surgery patients for esophageal disease with esophageal capsule endoscopy
Ashish Shah, Erica Boettcher, Marianne Fahmy, Thomas Savides, Denise Kalmaz, Department of Gastroenterology, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, United States
Santiago Horgan, Garth R Jacobsen, Bryan J Sandler, Michael Sedrak, Department of Minimally Invasive Surgery, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA 92103, United States
Author contributions: Shah A wrote and assisted in editing the manuscript; Boettcher E and Fahmy M helped by enrolling patients and collecting and analyzing; Savides T assisted in study design, editing the manuscript and reading capsule endoscopies; Horgan S, Jacobsen GR, Sandler BJ and Sedrak M performed the pre-bariatric screening esophagogastroduodenoscopies; Kalmaz D designed the study, assisted in editing the manuscript and read the capsule endoscopies.
Correspondence to: Denise Kalmaz, MD, Department of Gastroenterology, University of California San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive (MC 0956), La Jolla, CA 92093, United States. dkalmaz@ucsd.edu
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Received: April 8, 2013
Revised: June 15, 2013
Accepted: July 30, 2013
Published online: October 7, 2013
Processing time: 193 Days and 7.8 Hours
Revised: June 15, 2013
Accepted: July 30, 2013
Published online: October 7, 2013
Processing time: 193 Days and 7.8 Hours
Core Tip
Core tip: This is the first prospective study that shows in pre-bariatric patients, capsule endoscopy can be used to identify positive esophageal disorders when compared to a sedated esophagogastroduodenoscopy. Further studies are needed to help define the role of esophageal capsule endoscopy as a tool for pre-operative evaluation.