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Ophthalmologic evaluation of severely obese patients undergoing bariatric surgery: A pilot, monocentric, prospective, open-label study

PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to investigate the pathogenic role of obesity on blinding eye diseases in a population of severely obese patients with no history of eye diseases, and to verify whether weight loss induced by bariatric surgery may have a protective effect. METHODS: This was a pilot...

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Autores principales: Posarelli, Chiara, Salvetti, Guido, Piaggi, Paolo, Guido, Francesca, Ceccarini, Giovanni, Santini, Ferruccio, Figus, Michele
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6522100/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31095581
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0216351