Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases
Volume 6, Issue 1 , Pages 105-106, January 2010

Thiamine deficiency in a gastric bypass patient leading to acute neurologic compromise after plastic surgery

  • Jeffrey L. Sebastian, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • University of California, Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California
    • ,
  • Joseph Michaels V, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
    • ,
  • Lawton W. Tang, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Private Practice, Pasadena, California
    • ,
  • J. Peter Rubin, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: J. Peter Rubin, M.D., University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, 3380 Boulevard of the Allies, Suite 180, Pittsburgh, PA 15213

Received 26 April 2009; accepted 27 April 2009. published online 18 May 2009.

Keywords: Bariatric surgery, Surgery, Plastic, Malnutrition, Nutrition assessment, Thiamine, Wernicke's encephalopathy

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PII: S1550-7289(09)00488-2

doi:10.1016/j.soard.2009.04.017

Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases
Volume 6, Issue 1 , Pages 105-106, January 2010

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