Is a bariatric procedure appropriate in patients with portal hypertension secondary to cirrhosis?

Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 405-406

  Sarr, Michael G ^a  

^a Mayo Clinic College of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Bariatric surgery; Cirrhosis; Duodenal switch; Portal hypertension

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ASCITES; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BILIOPANCREATIC BYPASS; BODY MASS; CASE REPORT; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NOONAN SYNDROME; OBESITY; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; STOMACH HEMORRHAGE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; BARIATRIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NOONAN SYNDROME; OBESITY; PATIENT SELECTION;

EID: 33744546793     PISSN: 15507289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soard.2006.01.012     Document Type: Review

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