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18447680

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-5-1
pubmed:abstractText
Gastric bypass surgery has become a safe and acceptable surgical weight loss treatment for individuals who suffer from morbid obesity. Patients who undergo this procedure are subject to vitamin deficiencies due to an iatrogenic malabsorptive state. Folate, a vitamin known for its role in the prevention of neural tube defects (NTDs), can be part of the deficiency spectrum resulting from this procedure. The authors describe the case of a woman who was nonadherent to multivitamin treatment after undergoing gastric bypass surgery. Her lack of understanding and appreciation of the relationship between gastric bypass surgery, folate deficiency, and NTDs may have contributed to her noncompliance with daily multivitamin consumption. As a result, her potential problems with folate absorption could have contributed to her subsequently giving birth to a child with a myelomeningocele. Thus, patient awareness and counseling along with aggressive vitamin supplementation among this particular population may help prevent the occurrence of NTDs after gastric bypass surgery.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
1933-0707
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
1
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
406-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-2-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
Gastric bypass: a risk factor for neural tube defects? Case report.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Neurosurgery, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06510, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports