ReviewObesity surgery2018
Preventing Wernicke Encephalopathy After Bariatric Surgery.
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61 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 153 citations in OpenAlex.
- Wernicke's Encephalopathy Following Semaglutide Treatment for Obesity: A Systematic PRISMA Review of Case-Based Evidence.Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2026Pooled it
- Diagnosis and treatment of chronic abdominal pain after bariatric surgery: a systematic review.Surgical endoscopy · 2026Pooled it
- Long-term prevalence of vitamin deficiencies after bariatric surgery: a meta-analysis.Langenbeck's archives of surgery · 2024Pooled it
- Wernicke Encephalopathy Presenting with Dysphagia: A Case Report and Systematic Literature Review.Nutrients · 2022Pooled it
- Operative management of acute abdomen after bariatric surgery in the emergency setting: the OBA guidelines.World journal of emergency surgery : WJES · 2022Guideline
- Preoperative Dexamethasone for Airway-Related "Calibration Tube" Complications After Sleeve Gastrectomy: a Randomised Clinical Trial.Obesity surgery · 2021Trial
- Micronutrient risk with GLP-1 receptor and dual incretin agonists in obesity: Mechanistic pathways, clinical signals, and a monitoring framework.Obesity pillars · 2026Review
- Alcohol and Substance Use After Bariatric Surgery: Nutritional Risks and Clinical Implications in Long-Term Postoperative Care.Nutrients · 2026Review
- Case Report: Case of Wernicke's encephalopathy complicated by postoperative gastroparesis following sigmoid colon malignant tumor surgery with a literature review.Frontiers in oncology · 2026Article
- Clinical characterization, natural history, and neuroimaging of cerebellar ataxia after abdominal surgery.Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria · 2025Article
- Wernicke's Encephalopathy Beyond Alcoholism: A Radio-Clinical Case Series From a Tertiary Care Center in South India.Cureus · 2025Article
- [Bariatric metabolic surgery 2025].Innere Medizin (Heidelberg, Germany) · 2025Review
- Pediatric Wernicke Encephalopathy: A Systematic Review.Pediatric reports · 2025Review
- Predicting Recurrent Deficiency and Suboptimal Monitoring of Thiamin Deficiency in Patients with Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery.Nutrients · 2024Article
- The Weight of Bariatric Surgery: Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome after Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy-A Case Series.Journal of personalized medicine · 2024Article
- Wernicke Encephalopathy After Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Presenting with Altered Mental Status-A Video Case Report.Obesity surgery · 2024Article
- Wernicke Encephalopathy Caused by Avoidance-Restrictive Food Intake Disorder in a Child: A Case-Based Review.Diseases (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- The Efficacy and Safety of Endoscopic Balloon Dilatation in the Treatment of Functional Post-Sleeve-Gastrectomy Stenosis.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2024Article
- Atypical Wernicke's encephalopathy without mental status changes following bariatric surgery in an adolescent patient.BMJ case reports · 2024Article
- Thiamine Deficiency Neuropathy in a Patient with Malnutrition due to Melancholic Depression.Case reports in psychiatry · 2024Article
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Abstract
Half a million bariatric procedures are performed annually worldwide. Our aim was to review the signs and symptoms of Wernicke's encephalopathy (WE) after bariatric surgery. We included 118 WE cases. Descriptions involved gastric bypass (52%), but also newer procedures like the gastric sleeve. Bariatric WE patients were younger (median = 33 years) than those in a recent meta-analysis of medical procedures (mean = 39.5 years), and often presented with vomiting (87.3%), ataxia (84.7%), altered mental status (76.3%), and eye movement disorder (73.7%). Younger age seemed to protect against mental alterations and higher BMI against eye movement disorders. The WE treatment was often insufficient, specifically ignoring low parenteral thiamine levels (77.2%). In case of suspicion, thiamine levels should be tested and treated adequately with parenteral thiamine supplementation.
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