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Article: Vitamin Deficiency after Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y GB.(Report)
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- Bariatric Medicine Alert
- Article date:
- April 1, 2007
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Vitamin Deficiency after Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y GB
Abstract & Commentary
By Helen Sohn, MD, Assistant Professor of Surgery, Department of Surgery, USC. Dr. Sohn reports no financial relationship relevant to this field of study.
Synopsis: Vitamin deficiencies after laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass are more common and involve more vitamins, even those that are water soluble, than previously appreciated.
Source: Clements RH, et al. Incidence of vitamin deficiency after laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass in a university hospital setting. Am Surg. 2006;72:1196-1202.
Vitamin deficiency after gastric bypass surgery is a known ...