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OAK BROOK, Ill -- July 25, 2008 -- The American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE) has issued guidelines on the role of endoscopy in the bariatric surgery patient. The guidelines discuss endoscopy in the preoperative and the postoperative patient and appear in the July issue of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. The guidelines recommend that an upper endoscopy should be performed in all patients with upper-GI-tract symptoms who are to undergo bariatric surgery. Upper endoscopy should be considered in all patients who are to undergo a Roux-en-Y gastrojejunal bypass (RYGB), regardless of the presence of symptoms. In patients without symptoms and who are not undergoing an endoscopy, noninvasive Helicobacter pylori testing followed by treatment, if positive, is recommended. In patients without symptoms and who were undergoing gastric banding should be considered to exclude large hernias that may change the surgical approach. An endoscopic evaluation is useful for diagnosis and management of postoperative bariatric surgical symptoms and complications. A magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography should be performed in cases where other noninvasive imaging studies are inconclusive. And finally, an endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography in RYGB patients should be selectively performed. . SOURCE: American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright © 1999 P\S\L Consulting Group Inc. All rights reserved. Republication or redistribution of P\S\L content is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of P\S\L. P\S\L shall not be liable for any errors, omissions or delays in this content or any other content on its sites, newsletters or other publications, nor for any decisions or actions taken in reliance on such content. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This news story was printed from *Doctor's Guide to the Internet* located at http://www.docguide.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to News Story Page This site is maintained by webmaster@pslgroup.com Please contact us with any comments, problems or bugs. All contents Copyright (c) 1998 P\S\L Consulting Group Inc. All rights reserved.