Wernicke's encephalopathy after laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass: A misdiagnosed complication

Obesity Surgery

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1594-1596

  Iannelli, Antonio ^a,b,c   Addeo, Pietro ^a,b,c   Novellas, Sebastien ^a   Gugenheim, Jean ^a,b,c  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE NICE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NICE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

Author keywords

Bariatric surgery; Gastric bypass; Thiamine deficiency; Vomiting; Wernicke's encephalopathy

Indexed keywords

MULTIVITAMIN; THIAMINE;

ADULT; AMNESIA; ANTEROGRADE AMNESIA; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BRAIN EDEMA; CASE REPORT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONFABULATION; DEHYDRATION; DIET THERAPY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DIPLOPIA; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GASTROJEJUNOSTOMY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LIMB WEAKNESS; LUNG EMBOLISM; MORBID OBESITY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NYSTAGMUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; ROUX Y ANASTOMOSIS; STOMACH BYPASS; TENDON REFLEX; URINE INCONTINENCE; VOMITING; WERNICKE ENCEPHALOPATHY;

ADULT; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; GASTRIC BYPASS; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; OBESITY, MORBID; WERNICKE ENCEPHALOPATHY;

EID: 78449268597     PISSN: 09608923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11695-010-0116-0     Document Type: Article

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