scholarly journals Retracted: A Fatal Case of Wernicke’s Encephalopathy after Sleeve Gastrectomy for Morbid Obesity

2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 ◽  
pp. 1-1
2011 ◽  
Vol 35 (4) ◽  
pp. 583 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hyo Jun Jeong ◽  
Ji Woong Park ◽  
Yong Jin Kim ◽  
Yang Gyun Lee ◽  
Yi Wook Jang ◽  
...  

2016 ◽  
Vol 20 ◽  
pp. 92-95 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fernando Pardo-Aranda ◽  
Noelia Perez-Romero ◽  
Javier Osorio ◽  
Joaquín Rodriguez-Santiago ◽  
Emilio Muñoz ◽  
...  

2021 ◽  
Vol 91 (11) ◽  
pp. 2549-2549
Author(s):  
Cheuk Wing Jeffrey Lee ◽  
Lucy Tuck ◽  
Shanal Kumar ◽  
Elisabeth Nye

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (9) ◽  
pp. e233144
Author(s):  
Elaf Abdulnabi Mohammed ◽  
Sulaiman Ali Hajji ◽  
Khaled Aljenaee ◽  
Mohammad Ibrahim Ghanbar

A 25-year-old woman brought to the hospital with symptoms of acute confusion, disorientation, diplopia, hearing loss and unsteady gait which started 4 days prior to her presentation with rapid worsening in its course until the day of admission. She had a surgical history of laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy 2 months earlier which was complicated by persistent vomiting around one to three times per day. She lost 30 kg of her weight over 2 months and was not compliant to vitamin supplementation. CT of the brain was unremarkable. Brain MRI was done which showed high signal intensity lesions involving the bilateral thalamic regions symmetrically with restricted diffusion on fluid-attenuated inversion recovery imaging. Other radiological investigations, such as magnetic resonance venography and magnetic resonance angiography of the brain were unremarkable. An official audiogram confirmed the sensorineural hearing loss. A diagnosis of Wernicke’s encephalopathy due to thiamin deficiency post-sleeve gastrectomy was made based on the constellation of her medical background, clinical presentation and further supported by the distinct MRI findings. Consequently, serum thiamin level was requested and intravenous thiamin 500 mg three times per day for six doses was started empirically, then thiamin 250 mg intravenously once daily given for 5 more days. Marked improvement in cognition, eye movements, strength and ambulation were noticed soon after therapy. She was maintained on a high caloric diet with calcium, magnesium oxide, vitamin D supplements and oral thiamin with successful recovery of the majority of her neurological function with normal cognition, strength, reflexes, ocular movements, but had minimal resolution of her hearing deficit. Serum thiamin level later was 36 nmol/L (67–200).


Cureus ◽  
2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harika Kandlakunta ◽  
Dhineshreddy Gurala ◽  
Jobin Philipose ◽  
Abhishek Polavarapu ◽  
Jeffrey R Abergel

2009 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. CCRep.S3226 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Richard-Devantoy ◽  
J.B. Garrέ ◽  
B. Gohier

Postoperative complications resulting from bariatric surgery can lead to severe vitamin-deficiency states. A patient who underwent bariatric bypass surgery and later developed Wernicke's encephalopathy prompted us to present her interesting case history for discussion. Although bariatric surgery is known to be a risk factor for Wernicke's encephalopathy, this diagnosis is only rarely evoked in the postoperative course. We recommend that the occurrence of digestive, psychiatric or neurological symptoms after bariatric surgery should suggest a thiamine deficiency that must be promptly assessed. Without waiting for the results, thiamine supplementation should be initiated.


2018 ◽  
Vol 39 (6) ◽  
pp. 515-519
Author(s):  
B Preud’homme ◽  
F Depasse ◽  
L Vauthier ◽  
M Cordonnier

Author(s):  
J. Truong ◽  
S. Shalchian ◽  
S. Myressiotis ◽  
A. Maertens de Noordhout ◽  
A. Fumal

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