Outcomes of Bariatric Surgery in Morbidly Obese Patients with Multiple Sclerosis

Obesity is common in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS); however, safety and efficacy of bariatric surgery in this population remain unclear. A database of 2,918 was retrospectively reviewed, yielding 22 (0.75%) severely obese patients with MS who underwent bariatric surgery. Sixteen surgical pat...

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Main Authors: Kalman Bencsath, Adham Jammoul, Ali Aminian, Hideharu Shimizu, Carolyn J. Fisher, Philip R. Schauer, Alexander Rae-Grant, Stacy A. Brethauer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2017-01-01
Series:Journal of Obesity
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/1935204