SynthesisObesity surgery2016
Monitoring of Liver Function Tests after Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass: An Examination of Evidence Base.
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14 citing papers in PubMed.
- Post-Metabolic Bariatric Surgery Cirrhosis and the Role of Liver Transplantation: A Report from a Referral Transplant Center.Obesity surgery · 2025Article
- Bariatric surgery for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: Indications and post-operative management.Clinical and molecular hepatology · 2023Review
- Combined non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and type 2 diabetes in severely obese patients-medium term effects of sleeve gastrectomy versus Roux-en-Y-gastric bypass on disease markers.Hepatobiliary surgery and nutrition · 2022Article
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- Liver Decompensation after Bariatric Surgery in the Absence of Cirrhosis.Obesity surgery · 2022Article
- Risks and Rewards of Bariatric Surgery in Advanced Chronic Liver Diseases.Seminars in liver disease · 2021Review
- Management of Obesity and Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: A Literature Review.Seminars in liver disease · 2021Review
- Comparison of Liver Recovery After Sleeve Gastrectomy and Roux-en-Y-Gastric Bypass.Obesity surgery · 2021Article
- Safety and Utility of Liver Biopsy During Bariatric Surgery in the New Zealand Setting.Obesity surgery · 2020Article
- Short- and Mid-term Outcomes of 527 One Anastomosis Gastric Bypass/Mini-Gastric Bypass (OAGB/MGB) Operations: Retrospective Study.Obesity surgery · 2019Article
- γ-Glutamyltransferase Fractions in Obese Subjects with Type 2 Diabetes: Relation to Insulin Sensitivity and Effects of Bariatric Surgery.Obesity surgery · 2018Article
- Significant Liver-Related Morbidity After Bariatric Surgery and Its Reversal-a Case Series.Obesity surgery · 2018Article
- Liver Dysfunction with Both Roux-en-Y and One-Anastomosis Gastric Bypass Is Almost Exclusively Seen with Longer Than Standard Limb Lengths.Obesity surgery · 2018Article
- Aggressive non-alcoholic steatohepatitis following rapid weight loss and/or malnutrition.Modern pathology : an official journal of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, Inc · 2017Article
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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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