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ReviewObesity surgery2021

PART 3 Bypassing TBI: Metabolic Surgery and the Link Between Obesity and Traumatic Brain Injury-a Review.

T W McGlennon, J N Buchwald, Walter J Pories, Fang Yu, Arthur Roberts, Eric P Ahnfeldt, Rukmini Menon, Henry Buchwald

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Review in Obesity surgery, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 24% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. CORRELATION BETWEEN TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY, OBESITY AND INSULIN-RESISTANCE - A CASE REPORT.Journal of rehabilitation medicine. Clinical communications · 2025
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  3. Response to Dr. Buchwald.Obesity surgery · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

T W McGlennonStatistics Division, McGlennon MotiMetrics, Maiden Rock, WI, USA.
J N BuchwaldDivision of Scientific Research Writing, Medwrite, Maiden Rock, WI, USA.
Walter J PoriesBrody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, USA.
Fang YuEdson College of Nursing and Health Innovation, Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ, USA.
Arthur RobertsLiving Heart Foundation, Little Silver, NJ, USA.
Eric P AhnfeldtUniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MA, USA.
Rukmini MenonBrody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, USA.
Henry BuchwaldSurgery and Biomedical Engineering, Owen H. & Sarah Davidson Wangensteen Chair in Experimental Surgery, Emeritus, University of Minnesota Medical School, 420 Delaware Street SE, MMC 195, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA. buchw001@umn.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5127-4488
East Carolina University · USArizona State University · USHeart Foundation · USUniformed Services University of the Health Sciences · USUniversity of Minnesota · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Obesity is a common outcome of traumatic brain injury (TBI) that exacerbates principal TBI symptom domains identified as common areas of post-TBI long-term dysfunction. Obesity is also associated with increased risk of later-life dementia and Alzheimer's disease. Patients with obesity and chronic TBI may be more vulnerable to long-term mental abnormalities. This review explores the question of whether weight loss induced by bariatric surgery could delay or perhaps even reverse the progression of mental deterioration. Bariatric surgery, with its induction of weight loss, remission of type 2 diabetes, and other expressions of the metabolic syndrome, improves metabolic efficiency, leads to reversal of brain lesions seen on imaging studies, and improves function. These observations suggest that metabolic/bariatric surgery may be a most effective therapy for TBI.

Indexed as

Bariatric SurgeryBrain Injuries, TraumaticDiabetes Mellitus, Type 2Obesity, MorbidHumansObesityBariatric surgeryMetabolic surgeryObesityTBITraumatic brain injury

Identifiers

PMID33398623
OpenAlexW4207066078

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Registered trials

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