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Is Endoscopic Surveillance Needed After Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy?

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  1. Department of Biomedical Sciences for Health, Division of General Surgery, Ospedale Galeazzi-Sant’Ambrogio, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

    Alberto Aiolfi & Davide Bona

  2. Division of Upper GI and General Surgery, Keck Medical Center, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    John C. Lipham

  3. Department of Biomedical Sciences for Health, Division of General and Foregut Surgery, IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, University of Milan, Via Morandi 30, 20097, San Donato Milanese, Milan, Italy

    Luigi Bonavina

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(Comment to: Hayibandeh S et al. Hayibandeh S, Hayibandeh S, Ghassemi N, Evans D, Cheruvu S. Meta-analysis of long-term de novo acid reflux-related outcomes following sleeve gastrectomy: evidence against the need for routine postoperative endoscopic surveillance. Current Obesity Reports 2023. Published online: 03 August 2023. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13679-023-00521-4).

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Aiolfi, A., Bona, D., Lipham, J.C. et al. Is Endoscopic Surveillance Needed After Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy?. Curr Obes Rep 13, 183–185 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13679-023-00545-w

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