Bariatric Surgery and Liver Transplantation.

Duminda Suraweera, Elena G Saab, Gina Choi, Sammy Saab

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Article in Gastroenterology & hepatology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed.

Endoscopic sleeve gastrectomyWorld journal of gastrointestinal pharmacology and therapeutics · 2025
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Synergistic Integration of Multimodal Metabolic and Bariatric Interventions Transforming Transplant Care.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025
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TASL Practice Guidance on the Clinical Assessment and Management of Patients with Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease.Hepatology forum · 2023
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The Impact of Bariatric-Surgery-Induced Weight Loss on Patients Undergoing Liver Transplant: A Focus on Metabolism, Pathophysiological Changes, and Outcome in Obese Patients Suffering NAFLD-Related Cirrhosis.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022
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Target Therapies for NASH/NAFLD: From the Molecular Aspect to the Pharmacological and Surgical Alternatives.Journal of personalized medicine · 2021
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Bariatric Surgery Outcomes in Patients with Previous Organ Transplant: Scoping Review and Analysis of the MBSAQIP.Obesity surgery · 2021
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Bariatric surgery in transplant recipients: A narrative review.Journal of research in medical sciences : the official journal of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Duminda SuraweeraDr Suraweera is a chief medical resident/attending physician in the Department of Medicine at Olive-View Medical Center in Sylmar, California. Ms Saab is a research assistant in the Department of Surgery at the University of California at Los Angeles in Los Angeles, California. Dr Choi and Dr Saab are attending physicians in the Departments of Surgery and Medicine at the University of California at Los Angeles.

Elena G SaabDr Suraweera is a chief medical resident/attending physician in the Department of Medicine at Olive-View Medical Center in Sylmar, California. Ms Saab is a research assistant in the Department of Surgery at the University of California at Los Angeles in Los Angeles, California. Dr Choi and Dr Saab are attending physicians in the Departments of Surgery and Medicine at the University of California at Los Angeles.

Gina ChoiDr Suraweera is a chief medical resident/attending physician in the Department of Medicine at Olive-View Medical Center in Sylmar, California. Ms Saab is a research assistant in the Department of Surgery at the University of California at Los Angeles in Los Angeles, California. Dr Choi and Dr Saab are attending physicians in the Departments of Surgery and Medicine at the University of California at Los Angeles.

Sammy SaabDr Suraweera is a chief medical resident/attending physician in the Department of Medicine at Olive-View Medical Center in Sylmar, California. Ms Saab is a research assistant in the Department of Surgery at the University of California at Los Angeles in Los Angeles, California. Dr Choi and Dr Saab are attending physicians in the Departments of Surgery and Medicine at the University of California at Los Angeles.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Obesity is an important public health and medical concern in the United States. The rate of obesity has steadily risen for the past several decades. Obesity is associated with the development of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, which is one of the leading indications for liver transplantation. After liver transplantation, recipients tend to gain weight and develop recurrent fatty liver. Over time, recurrent fatty liver may impact patient and graft survival. A bariatric surgical approach may be beneficial in select patients.

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bariatric surgerycirrhosisliver diseaseLiver transplantationobesity

Identifiers

PMID28539844

PMCPMC5439136

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