Transdiaphragmatic Pressure Gradient (TPG) Has a Central Role in the Pathophysiology of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD) in the Obese and it Correlates with Abdominal Circumference but Not with Body Mass Index (BMI)

Pathophysiology of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease

(2018) Jan Tack et al.   GASTROENTEROLOGY

Abdominal Compression by Waist Belt Aggravates Gastroesophageal Reflux, Primarily by Impairing Esophageal Clearance

(2017) David R. Mitchell et al.   GASTROENTEROLOGY

Gastroesophageal reflux disease in the obese: Pathophysiology and treatment

(2016) Barbara F. Nadaleto et al.   SURGERY

High Prevalence of Esophageal Dysmotility in Asymptomatic Obese Patients

(2016) Justin Côté-Daigneault et al.   Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Obesity and GERD

(2014) Paul Chang et al.   GASTROENTEROLOGY CLINICS OF NORTH AMERICA

Observational study of the effect of obesity on lung volumes

(2014) Joerg Steier et al.   THORAX

The roles of salivary secretion, brain–gut peptides, and oral hygiene in obesity

(2013) Hirotaka Ueda et al.   Obesity Research & Clinical Practice

Esophageal Motility after Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass: the Manometry Should Be Preoperative Examination Routine?

(2012) Antonio Carlos Valezi et al.   OBESITY SURGERY

The role of gastro-oesophageal pressure gradient and sliding hiatal hernia on pathological gastro-oesophageal reflux in severely obese patients

(2010) Fernando Fornari et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY & HEPATOLOGY

Transient Lower Esophageal Sphincter Relaxation in Morbid Obesity

(2009) J. H. Schneider et al.   OBESITY SURGERY

Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease and Morbid Obesity: Is There a Relation?

(2009) Piero M. Fisichella et al.   WORLD JOURNAL OF SURGERY

Gastroesophageal Pressure Gradients in Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease: Relations With Hiatal Hernia, Body Mass Index, and Esophageal Acid Exposure

(2008) Durk R. de Vries et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY

The Pathophysiological Mechanisms of GERD in the Obese Patient

(2008) Ronnie Fass   DIGESTIVE DISEASES AND SCIENCES

Gastroesophageal Reflux in Patients with Morbid Obesity: A Role of Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome?

(2008) J. M. Sabaté et al.   OBESITY SURGERY