Open AccessGastroesophageal Reflux in Morbidly Obese Patients Treated with Gastric Banding or Vertical Banded Gastroplasty
Author(s) -
Kjell Øvrebø,
Jan Gunnar Hatlebakk,
Asgaut Viste,
Hans H. Bassøe,
Knut Svanes
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
annals of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.153
H-Index - 309
eISSN - 1528-1140
pISSN - 0003-4932
DOI - 10.1097/00000658-199807000-00008
Subject(s) - medicine , heartburn , reflux , regurgitation (circulation) , gastroenterology , gastric banding , surgery , weight loss , gastric bypass , obesity , disease
To compare gastric banding (GB) and vertical banded gastroplasty (VBG) with respect to postsurgical gastroesophageal reflux (GER) and to investigate the role of preexisting hiatus hernia.