A new treatment: bariatric surgery; a new complication: Wernicke-Korsakoff encephalopathy

Bariatric surgery has peripheral or central neurological complications in 5-10% of patients. We report the case of a 39-year-old man with metabolic syndrome who underwent gastric by-pass surgery and then lost 40 kg over a period of 2.5 months. He subsequently developed symptoms suggestive of Wernick...

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Veröffentlicht in:	La Presse médicale (1983) 2008-01, Vol.37 (1 Pt 1), p.49
Hauptverfasser:	Morel, Laurent, Fontana, Enzo, Michel, Jean-Marie, Ruffieux, André, Ottiger, Murielle, Regamey, Claude
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	fre
Schlagworte:	Adult Bariatric Surgery - adverse effects Humans Korsakoff Syndrome - etiology Male
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