Open AccessPolyneuropathy After Gastric By-pass Surgery
Author(s) -
Hande Gazeteci Tekin,
Sarenur Gökben,
Sanem Yılmaz,
Gül Serdaroğlu,
Hasan Tekgül
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
the journal of pediatric research :/the journal of pediatric research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2587-2478
pISSN - 2147-9445
DOI - 10.4274/jpr.96658
Subject(s) - medicine , polyneuropathy , general surgery , surgery
Today rapidly increasing obesity causes significant morbidity and mortality. Gastric by-pass is frequently used for the treatment of morbid obesity, which cannot be controlled with diet and exercise. Although this treatment modality achieves rapid success, it also has several complications such as nutritional deficiency and its clinical results. We aimed to present a patient with polyneuropathy after having undergone gastric by-pass surgery for morbid obesity