Survival Benefit in Bariatric Surgery Kidney Recipients May Be Mediated Through Effects on Kidney Graft Function and Improvement of Co-morbidities: a case-control study

Morbid obesity has been defined by the WHO as a global epidemic. The incidence of obesity among the renal transplant population is on the rise, with obesity-mediated diseases, such as type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2D), dyslipidemia and hypertension, being considered the leading causes of end-stage renal disease. Moreover, gaining weight after transplantation is a very common occurrence in most kidney transplant patients [1], and obesity is an independent risk factor for chronic renal failure [2].

Source: Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases - February 14, 2019 Category: Surgery Authors: Hilla Schindel, Janos Winkler, Renana Yemini, Idan Carmeli, Eviatar Nesher, Andrei Keidar Tags: Original articles Source Type: research