Response to the Comment on "'Does Sleeve Gastrectomy Expose the Distal Esophagus to Severe Reflux?' So What? Keep the Big Picture in Perspective"

Affiliations

¹ Imperial College London, London, UK.
² Clinical Research Fellow, Surgery and Cancer, 10th Floor, QEQM Wing, St Mary's Hospital, Imperial College London, London, UK.
³ Consultant Surgeon, Imperial College London, London, UK.
⁴ Professor of Surgery, Imperial College London, London, UK.
⁵ Chief Scientific Advisor, Imperial College London, London, UK.

Comment

Kai Tai Derek Yeung et al. Ann Surg. 2021.

. 2021 Dec 1;274(6):e793-e794.

doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000004380.

¹ Imperial College London, London, UK.
² Clinical Research Fellow, Surgery and Cancer, 10th Floor, QEQM Wing, St Mary's Hospital, Imperial College London, London, UK.
³ Consultant Surgeon, Imperial College London, London, UK.
⁴ Professor of Surgery, Imperial College London, London, UK.
⁵ Chief Scientific Advisor, Imperial College London, London, UK.

No abstract available

Conflict of interest statement

The authors have no conflicts of interests to disclose.

Does Sleeve Gastrectomy Expose the Distal Esophagus to Severe Reflux?: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.
Yeung KTD, Penney N, Ashrafian L, Darzi A, Ashrafian H. Yeung KTD, et al. Ann Surg. 2020 Feb;271(2):257-265. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000003275. Ann Surg. 2020. PMID: 30921053
Comment on "Does Sleeve Gastrectomy Expose the Distal Esophagus to Severe Reflux?." So What? Keep the Big Picture in Perspective.
Gagner M. Gagner M. Ann Surg. 2021 Dec 1;274(6):e792-e793. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000004385. Ann Surg. 2021. PMID: 33086315 No abstract available.

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