… surgery, with additional findings of flat affect and concurrent … patient’s EMG findings were
consistent with an acute axonal … critical to begin immediate treatment to avoid progression [12]…

… Wernicke encephalopathy (WE) is an acute manifestation of … of WE following RYGB is
unsurprising given the bypass of chyme … There have only been 8 cases of WE after gastric banding …

… post-surgery being identified as potential risk factors [2, 3]. This report details a male patient
who, 3 months post-RYGB to address severe obesity, exhibited acute … A sudden onset of a …

… immediate postoperative complications and adhered to over-the-counter multivitamin
supplementation as prescribed by her surgeon. … risk of progression to Wernicke encephalopathy in …

… rapidly after the surgical procedures were performed. The above conditions were treated
not by the administration of antibiotics but by that of thiamine. We also found before the start of …

… presented to our emergency department with acute onset strabismus and bilateral sixth nerve
… of bariatric surgeries, WE must be in the differential of a patient status post gastric bypass …

… can have profound vision loss that responds rapidly to thiamine repletion ( 9,10… gastrointestinal
disease. This case has the longest interval of Wernicke's following gastric bypass surgery …

… is a type of weight loss surgery that reduces the capacity of the stomach, which leads to a
restriction … diagnosed with acute encephalitis with possible Wernicke's encephalopathy. She …

… patients following bariatric surgery, gastrointestinal surgery, … , like Roux-en-Y gastric bypass,
reduce thiamine absorption by … Due to the rapid progression of WE, it is recommended that …

… following an episode of acute/subacute thiamine deficiency. … for morbid obesity include
bypass surgery, gastric banding, and … hypersensitivity reactions is recommended to start the …