The importance of upper gastrointestinal endoscopy in morbidly obese patients

BAYSAL, Birol; KAYAR, Yusuf; DANALIOGLU, Ahmet; OZKAN, Tuba; KAYAR, Nuket; Unver, NURCAN; Bozkurt, SÜLEYMAN; Ince, ALİ

doi:10.5152/tjg.2015.0083

The importance of upper gastrointestinal endoscopy in morbidly obese patients

BAYSAL B., KAYAR Y., DANALIOGLU A., OZKAN T., KAYAR N. B., Unver N., ...Daha Fazla

TURKISH JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY, cilt.26, sa.3, ss.228-231, 2015 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus, TRDizin)

Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
Cilt numarası: 26 Sayı: 3
Basım Tarihi: 2015
Doi Numarası: 10.5152/tjg.2015.0083
Dergi Adı: TURKISH JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY
Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
Sayfa Sayıları: ss.228-231
Açık Arşiv Koleksiyonu: AVESİS Açık Erişim Koleksiyonu
Bezmiâlem Vakıf Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Background/Aims: Obesity is an epidemic and its prevelance and number of patients underwent bariatric surgery continue to increase worldwide. This study aimed to evaluate endoscopic findings and co-morbidities, to investigate the prevelance of Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection and the relationship between body mass index (BMI) and gastroesophageal sphincter incompetency in obese patients.