BONE HEALTH ASSESSMENT OF ELDERLY PATIENTS UNDERGOING BARIATRIC SURGERY

ABSTRACT Background: Bariatric surgery promotes changes in body composition, that can include the loss of bone mineral density (BMD). There is a lack of studies on the evolution of bone health of elderly people who underwent bariatric surgery, in general, and when comparing the gastric bypass (GB)...

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Main Authors: Giovanna Cavanha CORSI, Moisés Carmo dos Anjos PINHEIRO, Ana Paula Silva CALDAS, Maria Carolina Gonçalves DIAS, Marco Aurelio SANTO, Denis PAJECKI
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Brasileiro de Estudos e Pesquisas de Gastroenterologia (IBEPEGE) 2022-11-01
Series:Arquivos de Gastroenterologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-28032022005001208&lng=en&tlng=en