Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in cohort of patients undergoing bariatric surgery in Military University Hospital Prague
Abstract
The worldwide prevalence of obesity is increasing in the long term. This is closely related to the increase in comorbidities.
With obesity and more broadly with metabolic syndrome is associated non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. Bariatric surgery is effective way of treatment of obesity, which is conservatively difficult to treat.
The goal of our study was the retrospective evaluation of the presence of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and liver fibrosis in cohort of patients undergoing sleeve gastrectomy for class III obesity at the Department of Surgery, Military University Hospital Prague and they are followed up at the Department of Internal Medicine, Military University Hospital Prague. Using non-invasive methods, liver steatosis has been reported at the majority of patients, however advanced fibrosis was not detected in our cohort.
Obesity is severe health problem. Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease is nearly obvious in these patients and is highly overlooked.