[Anorexia: a redoubtable complication of the surgical treatment for obesity after jejuno ileal by-pass (author's transl)].
Three cases of severe anorexia are reported. It results in a strong protein malabsorption with hepatic steatosis and in a syndrome of mental depression which needed the re-establishment of the intestinal-continuity. Although a mild post-operative anorexia is regular and contributes to the weight loss, massive anorexia must be considered as a new and redoubtable unpredictible complication of the surgical treatment for obesity, which may hinder the intestinal adaptation and increase the protein malabsorption.
D000328:Adult; D000855:Anorexia / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D003863:Depression / Q000209:etiology; D005234:Fatty Liver / Q000209:etiology; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007082:Ileum / Q000601:surgery*; D007583:Jejunum / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity / Q000628:therapy*; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011502:Protein-Energy Malnutrition / Q000209:etiology
L'anorexie: une complication sévère du traitement chirurgical de l'obésité par court-circuit jéjuno-iléal.