UT Southwestern Medical Center
Gastric bypass surgery increases risk of kidney stones
Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, March 22nd, 2010
A new study, published in the March issue of The Journal of Urology, found that some of these urinary changes place weight-loss surgery patients at higher risk for developing kidney stones than obese patients who do not undergo the procedure.
For the study, researchers collected urine samples from 38 study participants. There were 16 women and three men in each of two groups. One group had undergone Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) surgery;...
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