Morbid Obesity
New morbid obesity findings from R.D. Rodriguez and co-authors described
Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, November 23rd, 2009
In this recent report published in the journal Revista Espanola de Enfermedades Digestivas, researchers in Leon, Spain conducted a study "To evaluate the usefulness of a non-invasive clinical score to predict liver fibrosis in the steatosis associated with morbid obesity. we included 88 patients, who underwent bariatric surgery in the Sanitary Area of Leon, Spain, and who showed a liver biopsy with steatosis greater than 5%."
"This is a retrospective study in which the rate of fibrosis is calculated from tests performed during the preoperative period, and is then compared to data from intraoperative hepatic biopsies. The analysis population was grouped according...
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