Abstract Background This Obesity Medicine Association (OMA) Clinical Practice Statement
(CPS) is intended to provide clinicians an overview of bariatric surgery (ie, bariatric …

Background Evidence is lacking to inform how micronutrient deficiencies should be
prevented and treated before metabolic-bariatric surgery to optimize patient outcomes …

Purpose In patients with obesity, micronutrient deficiencies have been reported both before
and after bariatric surgery (BS). Obesity is a chronic pro-inflammatory status, and …

Background Bariatric surgery may increase the risk of micronutrient deficiencies; however,
confounders including preoperative deficiency, supplementation and inflammation are rarely …

Objective: Vitamin A (VA) deficiency, more common in low-and middle-income countries
(LMIC) secondary to malnutrition, is associated with increased morbidity and mortality. The …

Background: Surgical outcomes in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) following metabolic
surgery appear to be similar compared to those of the general bariatric population …

Background Spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) and full-field
electroretinography (ERG) allow retinal assessment with vitamin A deficiency (VAD). Using …

Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) is one of the most performed bariatric surgical
techniques. However, RYGB commonly results, as side effects, in nutritional deficiencies …

Key Clinical Message Herein, we report a rare case of nyctalopia diagnosed in the first
trimester of pregnancy due to vitamin A deficiency as a result of a bariatric gastrectomy. Low …

Bariatric surgery is gaining acceptance as an efficient treatment modality for adults and
adolescents with morbid obesity. The early postbariatric period has the potential to induce …