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Flexible endoscopy plays an essential role in the pre-, intra-, and postoperative evaluation of patients undergoing gastrointestinal (GI) surgery. Preoperative endoscopy focuses on accurately defining individual patient anatomy and disease characteristics, so that a customized operative plan can be developed. Intraoperatively, endoscopy allows for the identification of anatomic landmarks and assessment of procedures such as fundoplication and GI anastomoses. In the early postoperative period, endoscopy is important in both the diagnosis and treatment of complications, including anastomotic leak and intraluminal GI bleeding. Endoscopy is also central to the long-term evaluation of symptoms and in the routine surveillance of patients after oncologic resections. This chapter will explore the multitude of ways in which endoscopy serves as an invaluable tool to the surgeon before, during, and after GI operations.
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Teitelbaum, E.N. (2020). Endoscopic Evaluation of Surgical Patients. In: Nau, P., Pauli, E., Sandler, B., Trus, T. (eds) The SAGES Manual of Flexible Endoscopy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-23590-1_9
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