The First Polish Liver Transplantation after Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Surgery for Morbid Obesity: A Case Report and Literature Review.

CONCLUSIONS Steatohepatitis in morbidly obese patients may lead to cirrhosis. Bariatric procedure can be a bridge to liver transplantation for morbidly obese patients with advanced liver fibrosis.
PMID: 25711520 [PubMed - in process]

Source: Annals of Transplantation - February 27, 2015 Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: Marszałek R, Ziemiański P, Łągiewska B, Pacholczyk M, Domienik-Karłowicz J, Trzebicki J, Wierzbicki Z, Jankowski K, Kosieradzki M, Wasiak D, Jonas M, Pruszczyk P, Durlik M, Lisik W, Chmura A Tags: Ann Transplant Source Type: research