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World J Gastrointest Endosc. Jan 16, 2019; 11(1): 1-4
Published online Jan 16, 2019. doi: 10.4253/wjge.v11.i1.1
Routine surveillance endoscopy before and after sleeve gastrectomy?
Radwan Kassir, Rani Kassir, Bénédicte Deparseval, Sarah Bekkar, Chloé Serayssol, Olivier Favre, Pierre-Philippe Garnier
Radwan Kassir, Rani Kassir, Bénédicte Deparseval, Sarah Bekkar, Chloé Serayssol, Department of Bariatric Surgery, CHU Félix Guyon, La Réunion, Saint Denis 97400, France
Olivier Favre, Pierre-Philippe Garnier, Department of Gastroenterology, CHU Félix Guyon, La Réunion, Saint Denis 97400, France
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Corresponding author: Radwan Kassir, MD, Professor, Department of Bariatric Surgery, CHU Félix Guyon, La Réunion, Allée des Topazes, Saint Denis 97400, France. radwankassir42@hotmail.fr
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Received: June 4, 2018
Peer-review started: June 4, 2018
First decision: June 15, 2018
Revised: November 22, 2018
Accepted: December 29, 2018
Article in press: December 30, 2018
Published online: January 16, 2019
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Abstract

There is no consensus when it comes to the necessity of an oeso-gastroduodenal fibroscopy (OGDF) before and after bariatric surgery. Many reports expressed the preoccupations about a gastroesophagal reflux disease (an acute risk of Barrett’s esophagus) and its consequences after a sleeve gastrectomy (SG) and the risk of leaving a premalignant lesion in an excluded stomach after a Roux-en-Y gastric bypass. The International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders recommends a surveillance endoscopy, routinely after a SG. After review of the literature, we set out the arguments in favor of performing a systematic preoperative and post-operative OGDF.

Keywords: Bariatric Surgery; Endoscopy; Sleeve gastrectomy; Surveillance; Oeso-gastroduodenal fibroscopy; Novo Barrett’s esophagus; Gastroesophagal reflux

Core tip: There is no consensus when it comes to the necessity of an oeso-gastroduodenal fibroscopy (OGDF) before and after bariatric surgery. After review of the literature, we set out the arguments in favor of performing a systematic preoperative and post-operative OGDF.