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    Comparison between Enteroscopy-Based and Laparoscopy-Assisted ERCP for Accessing the Biliary Tree in Patients with Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

    Although balloon-assisted enteroscopy-endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (BAE-ERCP) is a well-described means of accessing the duodenal papilla in patients with Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB), it ...

    Alberto Machado da Ponte-Neto, Wanderley M. Bernardo in Obesity Surgery (2018)

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    Is double-balloon enteroscopy an accurate method to diagnose small-bowel disorders?

    The aim of this study was to analyze the contribution of the double-balloon enteroscopy (DBE) for diagnosis of the small bowel disorders.

    Adriana Vaz Safatle-Ribeiro, Rogério Kuga, Robson Ishida in Surgical Endoscopy (2007)

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    Microbial Flora of the Stomach after Gastric Bypass for Morbid Obesity

    The normal stomach is virtually sterile but the effect of Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGBP) on bacterial flora in the used (very small proximal pouch) and unused (large bypassed) gastric chambers is not known. ...

    Robson K. Ishida, Joel Faintuch, Ana M. R. Paula, Christiane A. Risttori in Obesity Surgery (2007)

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    What to Expect in the Excluded Stomach Mucosa after Vertical Banded Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass for Morbid Obesity

    Mucosal alterations after vertical banded Roux-en-Y gastric bypass have not been clearly evaluated. The aim of this paper was to analyze the histological findings and the presence of Helicobacter pylori in the ex...

    Adriana Vaz Safatle-Ribeiro, Rogério Kuga in Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery (2007)

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    Symptomatic Pneumoperitoneum after Endoscopic Removal of Adjustable Gastric Band

    Endoscopic removal of an adjustable gastric band is a feasible procedure with few complications, according to our series of 8 patients. We report the case of a 56year-old woman who underwent endoscopic removal...

    Paulo Sakai, Fábio Yuji Hondo, Everson Luiz de Almeida Artifon in Obesity Surgery (2005)

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    Superficially elevated colonic adenoma changed to undetectable configuration on ordinary endoscopy during treatment with preferential cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitor

    Yasushi Sano, Rogerio Kuga, Kuang I. Fu, Takayuki Yoshino in Journal of Gastroenterology (2003)