Maximilian Joseph Brol, Uta Drebber, Xiaojie Yu, Robert Schierwagen, Wenyi Gu, Andreas Plamper, Sabine Klein, Margarete Odenthal, Frank Erhard Uschner, Michael Praktiknjo, Jonel Trebicka, Karl Peter Rheinwalt
BACKGROUND: Obesity and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) are an increasing health care burden worldwide. Weight loss is currently the best option to alleviate NAFLD and is efficiently achieved by bariatric surgery. Presence of NAFLD seems to be predictive for postoperative weight loss. To date, only few predictive factors for postbariatric weight loss (age, diabetes, psychiatric disorders) are established. OBJECTIVES: Since liver fibrosis is the pathogenic driver for the progression of liver disease, we investigated its role in predicting postoperative weight loss...
February 24, 2024: Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases