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Acute Post-Gastric Reduction Surgery APGARS Neuropathy > Obesity Surgery > Minimally Invasive Surgery > University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center > Postoperative polyneuropathy > Polynutritional > Protracted postoperative vomiting > Hyporeflexia > Muscular weakness

Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Should surgeons be aware of the findings about Acute Post-Gastric Reduction Surgery APGARS Neuropathy given the potentially reversible nature?

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…A variety of neurologic complications have been reported after weight loss surgery. Recently, a new term was introduced to describe cases of postoperative polyneuropathy - acute post-gastric reduction […]

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