Crohn's disease after gastric bypass surgery.
Bariatric surgery for the treatment of severe obesity has increased dramatically in recent years in the USA and parts of Western Europe. The most commonly used technique is the Roux-en Y gastric bypass (RYGBP). Several nutritional and gastrointestinal complications after bariatric surgery have been described during the last 10 years. The authors present two patients with diarrhoea and malnutrition; one after RYGBP and the other after jejunoileal bypass surgery. These patients were subsequently diagnosed with Crohn's disease.
Division of Internal Medicine, Department of Clinical Sciences, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden. izabella.janczewska@ds.se
Izabella
I
Janczewska
Qayium
Q
Nekzada
Marjo
M
Kapraali
D003424:Crohn Disease / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D015390:Gastric Bypass / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged