Should sleeve gastrectomy be a preoperative standard in kidney transplant waitlisted patients with a BMI of 35 kg/m²?

Affiliations

¹ Department of Internal Medicine and Cardiology with the Centre of Diagnosis and Treatment of Thromboembolism, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland. jdomienik@tlen.pl.
² Department of Internal Medicine and Cardiology with the Centre of Diagnosis and Treatment of Thromboembolism, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland.
³ Department of General and Transplantation Surgery, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland.

Comment

Justyna Domienik-Karłowicz et al. Obes Surg. 2022 Sep.

. 2022 Sep;32(9):3188-3189.

doi: 10.1007/s11695-022-06198-3. Epub 2022 Jul 5.

¹ Department of Internal Medicine and Cardiology with the Centre of Diagnosis and Treatment of Thromboembolism, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland. jdomienik@tlen.pl.
² Department of Internal Medicine and Cardiology with the Centre of Diagnosis and Treatment of Thromboembolism, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland.
³ Department of General and Transplantation Surgery, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland.

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Response to Should sleeve gastrectomy be a preoperative standard in kidney transplant waitlisted patients with a BMI of 35 kg/m².
Dziodzio T, Pratschke J, Öllinger R. Dziodzio T, et al. Obes Surg. 2022 Sep;32(9):3190-3191. doi: 10.1007/s11695-022-06199-2. Epub 2022 Jul 11. Obes Surg. 2022. PMID: 35819697 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

Body Mass Index Thresholds and the Use of Bariatric Surgery in the Field of Kidney Transplantation in Germany.
Dziodzio T, Hillebrandt KH, Knitter S, Nösser M, Globke B, Ritschl PV, Biebl M, Denecke C, Raakow J, Lurje G, Schöning W, Schmelzle M, Kahl A, Fütterer M, Budde K, Eckardt KU, Halleck F, Pratschke J, Öllinger R; German Bariatric Surgery, Kidney Transplantation Group. Dziodzio T, et al. Obes Surg. 2022 May;32(5):1641-1648. doi: 10.1007/s11695-022-06000-4. Epub 2022 Mar 19. Obes Surg. 2022. PMID: 35305229 Free PMC article.

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