Obesity Abstracts

Introduction: It is known that bariatric operations cause nutritional deficiencies especially calcium and vitamin D. Reported hypocalcemia after bariatric surgery ranges from 1% after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) to 25% after bilio-pancreatic diversion-duodenal switch. This is mainly the result of bypassing the preferential sites for calcium and vitamin D absorption. Apart from the bariatric operations, hypocalcemia commonly...

Excess body weight is associated with increased risk of colorectal cancer. Obesity surgery (OS) is increasingly performed in individuals who are ‘morbidly’ obese. Increased CRC risk was particularly evident greater than ten years after OS and was similar for gastric bypass, gastric banding and gastroplasty. By contrast, CRC risk in non-operated obese individuals remained stable according to the literature review. We present a 35 year old male, who underwent laparosco...