Open AccessA Friend or a Foe? Bariatric Surgery in Chronic Kidney Disease: A Case Report
Author(s) -
Bagai Sahil,
Bansal Bhavna,
Malik Vipra,
Prasad Pallavi,
Khullar Dinesh
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
case reports in nephrology and dialysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.278
H-Index - 7
ISSN - 2296-9705
DOI - 10.1159/000525736
Subject(s) - single case
There has been a parallel rise in the need for bariatric surgery as the prevalence of obesity has increased by leaps and bounds over the last 2 decades. Certain procedures like Roux-en-Y gastric bypass are associated with nephrolithiasis, hyperoxaluria, and, rarely, oxalate nephropathy. We report an interesting case of a patient who had relentless progression of his kidney disease post-bariatric surgery.