title: Liver failure after long-limb gastric bypass.
abstract: Liver failure is reported with increasing frequency in patients who underwent bariatric surgery for morbid obesity. In most cases, liver transplantation is the only possible treatment to avoid fatal outcome. Although most cases are observed after older bariatric surgery techniques characterized by high malabsorption rates, we report on a 38-year-old woman who developed liver failure seven months after long-limb gastric bypass.
authors.affiliation: Department of internal medicine, University Hospitals Leuven, Herestraat 49, Leuven 3000, Belgium. Electronic address: mike.ralki@uzleuven.be.
authors.forename: Mike
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ralki
authors.affiliation: Department of hepatology, University Hospitals Leuven, Herestraat 49, Leuven 3000, Belgium.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cassiman
authors.affiliation: Department of gastroenterology and hepatology, AZ Sint-Maarten Hospital, Leopoldstraat 2, Mechelen 2800, Belgium.
authors.forename: Jurgen
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Van Dongen
authors.affiliation: Department of gastroenterology and hepatology, AZ Sint-Maarten Hospital, Leopoldstraat 2, Mechelen 2800, Belgium.
authors.forename: Michel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ferrante
authors.affiliation: Department of gastroenterology and hepatology, AZ Sint-Maarten Hospital, Leopoldstraat 2, Mechelen 2800, Belgium.
authors.forename: Lode
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Van Overbeke
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D015992:Body Mass Index; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D015390:Gastric Bypass / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D041781:Jaundice, Obstructive / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D017093:Liver Failure / Q000209:etiology*; D016031:Liver Transplantation / Q000379:methods; D009767:Obesity, Morbid; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D015431:Weight Loss