Gastro-Esophageal Reflux and Esophageal Motility Disorders in Morbidly Obese Patients before and after Bariatric Surgery
- 6 July 2007
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Obesity Surgery
- Vol. 17 (7), 894-900
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s11695-007-9166-3
Abstract
Obesity is a predisposing factor to gastro- esophageal reflux disease (GERD), but esophageal function remains poorly studied in morbidly obese patients and could be modified by bariatric surgery.Keywords
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