Severe protein-calorie malnutrition after gastric bypass. 2008

Pablo Abellán Galiana, and María Antonia Pérez-Lázaro, and Rosa Cámara Gómez, and Juan Francisco Merino-Torres, and José Luis Ponce Marco, and Francisco Piñón Selles
Servicio de Endocrinología y Nutrición. Hospital Universitario La Fe. Valencia. Valencia. España.

Bariatric surgery achieves lasting weight loss and improves the comorbidities associated with morbid obesity. After surgery, patients can develop complications, mainly mild nutritional alterations. However, in some patients, complications can be serious and lifethreatening. We present the case of a 50-year-old woman who developed severe protein-calorie malnutrition after bariatric surgery, which required surgical reversion. The factors leading to malnutrition in this patient and the treatment options are discussed.

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