Liver failure after long-limb gastric bypass - 15/12/17
Doi : 10.1016/j.clinre.2016.11.004
Mike Ralki a, ⁎ 
, David Cassiman b, Jurgen Van Dongen c, Michel Ferrante c, Lode Van Overbeke c
, David Cassiman b, Jurgen Van Dongen c, Michel Ferrante c, Lode Van Overbeke c a Department of internal medicine, University Hospitals Leuven, Herestraat 49, Leuven 3000, Belgium
b Department of hepatology, University Hospitals Leuven, Herestraat 49, Leuven 3000, Belgium
c Department of gastroenterology and hepatology, AZ Sint-Maarten Hospital, Leopoldstraat 2, Mechelen 2800, Belgium
⁎Corresponding author.
Summary |
Liver failure is reported with increasing frequency in patients who underwent bariatric surgery for morbid obesity. In most cases, liver transplantation is the only possible treatment to avoid fatal outcome. Although most cases are observed after older bariatric surgery techniques characterized by high malabsorption rates, we report on a 38-year-old woman who developed liver failure seven months after long-limb gastric bypass.
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Vol 41 - N° 3
P. e32-e37 - juin 2017 Retour au numéro
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