Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Morbidly Obese Individuals Undergoing Bariatric Surgery: Prevalence and Effect of the Pre-Bariatric Very Low Calorie Diet.
Katherine J P SchwengerSandra E FischerTimothy D JacksonAllan OkrainecJohane P AllardPublished in: Obesity surgery (2018)
Post-VLCD, the prevalence of NAFLD and NASH was lower compared to published reports, with almost 25% of the patients having a NL. With VLCD, metabolic and clinical changes were similar between the three groups suggesting that pre-VLCD factors may affect liver histology.
Keyphrases
- weight loss
- bariatric surgery
- obese patients
- roux en y gastric bypass
- end stage renal disease
- gastric bypass
- risk factors
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- physical activity
- prognostic factors
- peritoneal dialysis
- type diabetes
- metabolic syndrome
- adipose tissue
- emergency department
- systematic review
- patient reported outcomes
- patient reported