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Ulcerative Colitis and Acute Stroke: Two Rare Complications After Mason's Vertical Banded Gastroplasty for Treatment of Morbid Obesity

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The authors present a very rare case of ulcerative colitis and acute stroke appearing as complications after Mason's vertical banded gastroplasty for treatment of morbid obesity in a 46-year-old man. On the basis of recent studies, the authors attempt to find the correlation of these three diseases and the possible effect of each disease on the appearance of the others. The dilemmas in the treatment of this patient are also described.

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  1. First Surgical Department and Transplant Unit, Evangelismos General Hospital, Athens, Greece

    Alexandros S Papakonstantinou MD

  2. First Surgical Department and Transplant Unit, Evangelismos General Hospital, Athens, Greece

    Charalabos Stratopoulos MD

  3. First Surgical Department and Transplant Unit, Evangelismos General Hospital, Athens, Greece

    Ioannis Terzis MD

  4. First Surgical Department and Transplant Unit, Evangelismos General Hospital, Athens, Greece

    Nikolaos Papadimitriou MD

  5. First Surgical Department and Transplant Unit, Evangelismos General Hospital, Athens, Greece

    Charis Spiliadi MD

  6. First Surgical Department and Transplant Unit, Evangelismos General Hospital, Athens, Greece

    Georgia Katsou MD

  7. First Surgical Department and Transplant Unit, Evangelismos General Hospital, Athens, Greece

    Evangelos Hadjiyannakis MD, PhD

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Papakonstantinou, A.S., Stratopoulos, C., Terzis, I. et al. Ulcerative Colitis and Acute Stroke: Two Rare Complications After Mason's Vertical Banded Gastroplasty for Treatment of Morbid Obesity. OBES SURG 9, 502–505 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1381/096089299765552828

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