Endoscopic Evaluation of Symptomatic Patients following Bariatric Surgery: A Literature Review

Table 2

Endoscopic findings for evaluation of UGI symptoms after bariatric surgery.

Findings	Yang et al.	Huang et al.	Lee et al.*
Normal	57 [35.6%]; LVBG = 46; LRYGB = 11	21 [43%]	24 [31.6%]
Marginal ulcer	39 [24.4%]; LVBG = 8; LRYGB = 31	12 [27%]	12 [15.8%]
Gastric ulcer	7 [4.4%]; LVBG = 7; LRYGB = 0	—	—
Duodenal ulcer	1 [0.6%]; LVBG = 1; LRYGB = 0	—	—
Esophagitis/esophageal ulcer	21 [13.1%]; LVBG = 20; LRYGB = 1	2 [4%]	—
Food impaction	21 [13.1%]; LVBG = 18; LRYGB = 3	—	—
Stenosis or stricture	14 [8.8%]; LVBG = 11; LRYGB = 3	9 [19%]	40 [52.6%]
Staple line dehiscence	—	8 [16%]	—

*Normal endoscopic findings: laparoscopic: 20, open: 3, robotic: 1; abnormal endoscopic findings: laparoscopic: 46, open: 3, robotic: 3.