Outcomes of Bariatric Surgery in Morbidly Obese Patients with Multiple Sclerosis

• Main Authors: Kalman Bencsath (Author), Adham Jammoul (Author), Ali Aminian (Author), Hideharu Shimizu (Author), Carolyn J. Fisher (Author), Philip R. Schauer (Author), Alexander Rae-Grant (Author), Stacy A. Brethauer (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Obesity is common in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS); however, safety and efficacy of bariatric surgery in this population remain unclear. A database of 2,918 was retrospectively reviewed, yielding 22 (0.75%) severely obese patients with MS who underwent bariatric surgery. Sixteen surgical pat...