Obesity

Patients should be alert for obesity surgery complication

Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, March 26th, 2007

It is important for obesity surgery patients to take their prescribed vitamin supplements and to be alert for symptoms such as vomiting, confusion, lack of coordination and visual changes – signs of a serious neurological condition that can develop after the surgery.

"There are more than 170,000 obesity surgeries performed annually in the United States and this neurologic condition, known as Wernicke encephalopathy, is increasingly being reported after the operation," said Sonal Singh, M.D., lead author and an instructor in internal medicine at Wake Forest University School of Medicine.

Wernicke encephalopathy is caused by a deficiency of thiamine...

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Source: Obesity and Diabetes Week (2007-03-26)

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