| Title |
Monitoring of Liver Function Tests after Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass: An Examination of Evidence Base
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Obesity Surgery, July 2016
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| DOI | 10.1007/s11695-016-2280-3 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Kamal K. Mahawar, Chetan Parmar, Yitka Graham, Nimantha De Alwis, William R. J. Carr, Neil Jennings, Peter K. Small |
| Abstract |
There is no consensus on the monitoring of liver function tests after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB). Since the main objective of such monitoring would be to diagnose early those who will eventually develop liver failure after RYGB, we performed a systematic review on this topic. An extensive search of literature revealed only 10 such cases in 6 published articles. It would hence appear that liver failure is a rare problem after RYGB. Routine lifelong monitoring of liver function tests is therefore unnecessary for otherwise asymptomatic individuals. Such monitoring should hence be reserved for high-risk groups, such as patients with liver cirrhosis, those undergoing extended limb/distal RYGB, patients with new illnesses, those abusing alcohol, those on hepatotoxic drugs and those presenting with a surgical complication. |
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