By Kate Kneisel
Source Medpagetoday
Gastric bypass surgery in people with severe obesity was associated with sustained improvements in cognitive function, inflammation, and comorbidities, according to results of a cohort study in the Netherlands.
At 2 years post-surgery, neuropsychological tests showed improvements of 20% or higher in global cognition (43% of patients), ability to shift attention (40%), episodic memory (32%), verbal fluency (24%), and working memory (11%), reported Amanda J. Kiliaan, PhD, of Radboud University Medical Center in Nijmegen, the Netherlands, and colleagues.
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