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Myasthenia gravis improvement after laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass
- Source :
- Obesity surgery. 15(4)
- Publication Year :
- 2005
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Abstract
- Many diseases in the obese population have been found to improve after weight loss. A 56-year-old female with a long history of myasthenia gravis (MG) and morbid obesity is reported. Preoperatively, she presented with a BMI of 46.5 kg/m2, and was on three medications and IV immunoglobulin every 5 weeks. After the surgical procedure, she improved and required less medication. Because MG and morbid obesity require careful perioperative management in order to avoid complications, a multidisciplinary approach is recommended.
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Population
Gastric Bypass
Anastomosis
Risk Assessment
Severity of Illness Index
Perioperative Care
Body Mass Index
Weight loss
Severity of illness
Myasthenia Gravis
Weight Loss
medicine
Humans
education
education.field_of_study
Nutrition and Dietetics
business.industry
Anastomosis, Roux-en-Y
Middle Aged
medicine.disease
Roux-en-Y anastomosis
Obesity
Myasthenia gravis
Surgery
Obesity, Morbid
Treatment Outcome
Female
Laparoscopy
medicine.symptom
business
Body mass index
Follow-Up Studies
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 09608923
- Volume :
- 15
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Obesity surgery
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....64020743adab54fd004e9dca8dcff286