Preventing Wernicke Encephalopathy After Bariatric Surgery
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Of special note are neurological complications, which manifest at 3 to 20 months after bariatric surgery and all affect patients experiencing prolonged vomiting. The neurological symptoms include chronic and subacute peripheral neuropathy, acute peripheral neuropathy, burning feet, meralgia paresthetica, myotonic syndrome, posterolateral myelopathy, and Wernicke encephalopathy [1]. Since the nu...
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عنوان ژورنال: Obesity Surgery
سال: 2018
ISSN: 0960-8923,1708-0428
DOI: 10.1007/s11695-018-3262-4