ACTA MEDICA
ACTA MEDICA
Acta Medica (Hradec Králové) is an English language multidisciplinary medical journal. Acta Medica publishes reviews, original articles, brief communications, case reports, announcements, and notices. The journal was founded in 1958 under the title “A Collection of Scientific Works of the Charles University’s Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Králové”. The journal is indexed in Chemical Abstracts, CNKI, DOAJ, EBSCO, Hinari, Index Medicus, MEDLINE, Scopus, and Ulrichsweb.

ACTA MEDICA, Vol 61 No 3 (2018), 111–113

Polyneuropathy, Myocardial Dysfunction and Pericardial Effusion Following Duodenal Switch

Meir Mouallem, Moran Livne Margolin, Yehudit Eden Friedman, Hadas Blankenfeld

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14712/18059694.2018.128
published online: 12. 12. 2018

abstract

Duodenal Switch procedure is a type of bariatric surgery that was reserved for severely morbid obese people. Patients undergoing this procedure are at high risk for nutrient deficiencies. In this report we present a case of a patient who had developed polyneuropathy, generalized muscle weakness, Wernicke encephalopathy, myocardial dysfunction and pericardial effusion six years following this operation. He was treated by multivitamins and trace elements with a complete resolution of all of these disturbances. The patient was fully rehabilitated.

keywords: bariatric surgery; myocardial dysfunction; pericardial effusion; polyneuropathy

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