Effects of body weight variation in obese kidney recipients: a retrospective cohort study.

Nuria Montero Pérez Maria QueroEmma ArcosJordi ComasInés RamaNúria LloberasAna ColomaMaria MeneghiniAnna Manonelles Edoardo MelilliOriol BestardJaume TortJosep M Cruzado

Published in: Clinical kidney journal (2019)

Our conclusion is that in obese patients, decreasing body weight after KT does not improve either short-term graft outcomes or long-term renal function.

Keyphrases

body weight
obese patients
bariatric surgery
gastric bypass
roux en y gastric bypass
weight loss
kidney transplantation
skeletal muscle