Esophageal dilation after gastric banding: to test or not to test before surgery?

Major Esophageal Dilation After Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding in Symptomatic Patients: Does It Prevent Effective Weight Loss and How Should It be Treated?

“…Thus, only symptomatic patients or asymptomatic patients with failed weight loss (three patients, none of them with ED) were investigated. Since patients with ED have been shown to be asymptomatic [13, 14], extreme ED (stage IV) might be detected late and probably will not respond to conservative treatments such as band deflation anymore. As a result of our study, we recommend routine esophageal investigation since band deflation is sufficient to treat ED in early stages (I–III) and prevent long‐term damage.…”

“…In recent years, there has been an increasing interest in ED after LAGB [9,[11][12][13]. The effect of ED after LAGB on weight loss, however, has not been clearly defined.…”