Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease surgery
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Vamsikrishna Gunnam M.B.B.S [2]
Overview
Surgical intervention is not recommended for the management of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. However, gastric bypass surgery is recommended in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and BMI greater than 40 who psychologically stable and failed medical therapy.
Surgery
Indications
- Patients with NAFLD and BMI greater than 40 who psychologically stable
- In patients who failed medical therapy.
Surgical options
- The most common procedures are adjustable gastric banding and the Roux-en-Y bypass.[1][2]
- A Y-shaped section of the ileum is attached to the pouch so that food bypasses the duodenum and proximal section of the jejunum.
- The size of the stomach is reduced either by stapling or banding, creating a small pouch, assisting with weight loss by inducing
- Earlier satiety
- Reducing caloric intake
- Decreasing absorptive capacity
Complications
- Early complications include:
- Late complications include
References
- ↑ Sukhanova NN (1989). "[Somatotypes in evaluating the physical development of 11-year-old schoolchildren]". Gig Sanit (in Russian) (9): 84–6. PMID 2591798.
- ↑ Vizuete J, Camero A, Malakouti M, Garapati K, Gutierrez J (2017). "Perspectives on Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: An Overview of Present and Future Therapies". J Clin Transl Hepatol. 5 (1): 67–75. doi:10.14218/JCTH.2016.00061. PMC 5411359. PMID 28507929.