Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- * English speaking
- * Adults (between age of 18 and 65 years old)
- * Have body mass index (BMI) between 35 and 65.99 kg/m2
- * Male or female bariatric patients undergoing bariatric surgery at one of the two sites included in the protocol.
Exclusion Criteria:
- * Nonbariatric patients
- * Patients who have conditions that preclude a sleeve gastrectomy or gastric bypass operation
- * Patients with esophageal stricture
- * Patients with esophageal varices
- * Patients with a Zenker's diverticulum
- * Patients aged 66 and older
- * Patients with a BMI of 66 kg/m2 or greater
- * Pregnant Women
- * Lactating Women
- * Other vulnerable patient populations: pregnant and lactating women, prisoners, cognitively impaired and critically ill subjects.
Ages Eligible for Study:
18 Years to 65 Years (ADULT, OLDER_ADULT)
Sexes Eligible for Study: ALL
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
No