Bariatric surgery for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in individuals with obesity (Base-NAFLD): protocol of a prospective multicenter observational follow-up study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Bariatric surgery may be indicated in patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) to achieve and maintain the degree of weight loss required to ensure therapeutic effects. However, bariatric surgery is still underrecognized in the treatment of NAFLD, including its inflammatory subtype, nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). Moreover, there is a lack of follow-up outcome data on different types of bariatric surgery in patients with NAFLD. This study aims to adequately assess the effect of bariatric surgery on NAFLD remission in obese patients.

Methods

This prospective multicentre observational follow-up study will include 142 obese patients with NAFLD scheduled to undergo one of the following surgical procedures: sleeve gastrostomy, Roux-en-Y gastric bypas

SUBMITTER: Wei L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8223375 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature