Bariatric surgery might aggravate proliferative diabetic retinopathy.

Published in: Acta ophthalmologica (2020)

Patients with PDR who received BS showed more severe retinopathy than patients who were matched for age, sex, HbA1c levels and follow-up duration and who did not receive BS.

Keyphrases

diabetic retinopathy
bariatric surgery
optical coherence tomography
weight loss
obese patients
early onset