Functional bowel disorders among bariatric surgery candidates before and after surgery: A prospective cohort study

• Main Authors: Sharif Yassin (Author), Noa Sori (Author), Ophir Gilad (Author), Mati Shnell (Author), Relly Richer (Author), Nir Bar (Author), Yishai Ron (Author), Nathaniel Aviv Cohen (Author), Subhi Abu-Abeid (Author), Danit Dayan (Author), Shai Meron Eldar (Author), Shira Zelber-Sagi (Author), Sigal Fishman (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Society of Gastrointestinal Intervention, 2024-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Functional bowel disorders (FBDs), including irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), are common worldwide. Recently, increasingly many bariatric surgical procedures have been performed in response to rising obesity rates. However, data on the association between FBDs and bariatric surgery are sc...