Interpretation of laboratory results after gastric bypass surgery: the effects of weight loss and time on thirty blood tests in a five years follow up program
Long-term follow-up with blood-tests is essential for bariatric surgery to be a successful treatment for obesity and related comorbidities. Adverse effects, deficiencies and metabolic improvements need to be controlled. Our objective was to investigate the impact of time and weight-loss on laboratory results in each postoperative phase after laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (LRYGB).
Source: Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases - Category: Surgery Authors: Arnold WJM. van de Laar, Victor EA. Gerdes, Roeland Huijgen, Yair IZ. Acherman, Eelco W. Meesters, Max Nieuwdorp Tags: Original articles Source Type: research
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