Publications by authors named "Amber M Moreland"
Gastroenterology
April 2017
Article Synopsis
- Hyperoxaluria after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) was studied to see if it correlates with fat malabsorption in severely obese patients.
- Before RYGB, patients had mild to moderate steatorrhea but no correlation between fecal fat and urine oxalate excretion was found, while after RYGB, steatorrhea and urine oxalate increased significantly with a positive correlation.
- The study suggests that while hyperoxaluria was common pre-bypass, it was likely not due to excess unabsorbed fats, but possibly driven by other factors like obesity or metabolic syndrome, with a more direct correlation observed post-surgery.
