A protocolized approach to endoscopic hydrostatic versus pneumatic balloon dilation therapy for gastric sleeve stenosis: a multicenter study and meta-analysis

Arterburn, 2014, Bariatric surgery for obesity and metabolic conditions in adults, BMJ, 349, g3961, 10.1136/bmj.g3961 Collaborators, 2017, Health effects of overweight and obesity in 195 countries over 25 years, N Engl J Med, 377, 13, 10.1056/NEJMoa1614362 English, 2018, American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery estimation of metabolic and bariatric procedures performed in the United States in 2016, Surg Obes Relat Dis, 14, 259, 10.1016/j.soard.2017.12.013 Cottam, 2006, Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy as an initial weight-loss procedure for high-risk patients with morbid obesity, Surg Endosc, 20, 859, 10.1007/s00464-005-0134-5 Lalor, 2008, Complications after laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy, Surg Obes Relat Dis, 4, 33, 10.1016/j.soard.2007.08.015 Abd Ellatif, 2017, Management options for twisted gastric tube after laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy, Obes Surg, 27, 2404, 10.1007/s11695-017-2649-y Schulman, 2017, Complications of bariatric surgery: what you can expect to see in your GI practice, Am J Gastroenterol, 112, 1640, 10.1038/ajg.2017.241 Shnell, 2014, Balloon dilatation for symptomatic gastric sleeve stricture, Gastrointest Endosc, 79, 521, 10.1016/j.gie.2013.09.026 Agnihotri, 2017, An algorithmic approach to the management of gastric stenosis following laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy, Obes Surg, 27, 2628, 10.1007/s11695-017-2689-3 Al Sabah, 2017, Endoscopic management of post-laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy stenosis, Surg Endosc, 31, 3559, 10.1007/s00464-016-5385-9 Deslauriers, 2018, Endoscopic management of post-laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy stenosis, Surg Endosc, 32, 601, 10.1007/s00464-017-5709-4 Dhorepatil, 2018, Is pneumatic balloon dilation safe and effective primary modality of treatment for post-sleeve gastrectomy strictures? A retrospective study, BMC Surg, 18, 52, 10.1186/s12893-018-0381-8 Ogra, 2015, Evolving endoscopic management options for symptomatic stenosis post-laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy for morbid obesity: experience at a large bariatric surgery unit in New Zealand, Obes Surg, 25, 242, 10.1007/s11695-014-1383-y Donatelli, 2017, Pneumatic dilation for functional helix stenosis after sleeve gastrectomy: long-term follow-up (with videos), Surg Obes Relat Dis, 13, 943, 10.1016/j.soard.2016.09.023 Cotton, 2010, A lexicon for endoscopic adverse events: report of an ASGE workshop, Gastrointest Endosc, 71, 446, 10.1016/j.gie.2009.10.027 Abidi, 2015, Treatment of sleeve gastrectomy strictures with endoscopic pneumatic dilatation, Gastroenterology, 148, 10.1016/S0016-5085(15)33067-5 Balahura C, Copaescu C, Constantinescu G. Endoscopic therapy for symptomatic stenosis after laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy. Presented at: The 23rd International Congress of the European Association for Endoscopic Surgery; June 3–6, 2016; Bucharest, Romania. Fonseca Moraa, 2018, Incidence and management of gastric stenosis after laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy: a single institution experience, Surg Obes Relat Dis, 14, S107, 10.1016/j.soard.2018.09.219 Manos, 2017, How to treat stenosis after sleeve gastrectomy?, Surg Obes Relat Dis, 13, 150, 10.1016/j.soard.2016.08.491 Nath, 2016, Dysphagia after vertical sleeve gastrectomy: evaluation of risk factors and assessment of endoscopic intervention, World J Gastroenterol, 22, 10371, 10.3748/wjg.v22.i47.10371 Parikh, 2012, Management options for symptomatic stenosis after laparoscopic vertical sleeve gastrectomy in the morbidly obese, Surg Endosc, 26, 738, 10.1007/s00464-011-1945-1 Rebibo, 2016, Gastric stenosis after laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy: diagnosis and management, Obes Surg, 26, 995, 10.1007/s11695-015-1883-4 Fellows, 1983, Pneumatic dilatation in achalasia, Gut, 24, 1020, 10.1136/gut.24.11.1020 Morini, 2003, Long-term outcome of endoscopic pneumatic dilatation in Crohn’s disease, Dig Liver Dis, 35, 893, 10.1016/j.dld.2003.06.001