https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/934664
News Release 11-Nov-2021
eer-Reviewed Publication
Cleveland Clinic
A Cleveland Clinic study shows that patients with obesity and advanced fatty liver disease who had bariatric weight loss surgery significantly lowered their future risk of liver disease complications and serious cardiovascular disease compared with patients who did not have surgery.
More specifically, at the end of the study period, bariatric surgery was associated with 88% lower risk of progression of fatty liver to cirrhosis, liver cancer, or liver-related death. Bariatric surgery also was associated with 70% lower risk of developing serious cardiovascular diseases, such as heart attack and stroke in these patients. The results were published online in JAMA.
“There is currently no FDA-approved medication for fatty liver,” said Ali Aminian, M.D., director of Cleveland Clinic’s Bariatric & Metabolic Institute and lead investigator of the study. “The striking findings of this study provide strong evidence that bariatric surgery should be considered as an effective therapeutic option for patients with advanced fatty liver and obesity.”
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