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ArticleNutrients2023

Bariatric Surgery as Treatment Strategy of Obesity in Saudi People: Effects of Gut Microbiota.

Seham J Alqahtani, Hanan A Alfawaz, Nadine M S Moubayed, Wail M Hassan, Ahmad T Almnaizel, Noura M S Alshiban, Jawahir M Abuhaimed, Mohammed F Alahmed, Mosffer M Al-Dagal, Afaf El-Ansary

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Article in Nutrients, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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6citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Impact of bariatric surgery on gut microbiota in obese patients: A systematic review.Indian journal of gastroenterology : official journal of the Indian Society of Gastroenterology · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Seham J AlqahtaniDepartment of Food Science & Nutrition, College of Food Science & Agriculture, King Saud University, Riyadh 11495, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0003-2223-9154
Hanan A AlfawazDepartment of Food Science & Nutrition, College of Food Science & Agriculture, King Saud University, Riyadh 11495, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-4794-1778
Nadine M S MoubayedBotany and Microbiology Department, Science College, Female Campus, King Saud University, Riyadh 11495, Saudi Arabia.
Wail M HassanDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Missouri Kansas City, Kansas City, MO 64108, USA.
Ahmad T AlmnaizelExperimental Surgery and Animal Lab, College of Medicine, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2925, Riyadh 11461, Saudi Arabia.
Noura M S AlshibanHealth Sector, King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST), Riyadh 12354, Saudi Arabia.
Jawahir M AbuhaimedAnatomy Department, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh 11495, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-1822-063X
Mohammed F AlahmedExperimental Surgery and Animal Lab, College of Medicine, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2925, Riyadh 11461, Saudi Arabia.
Mosffer M Al-DagalDepartment of Food Science & Nutrition, College of Food Science & Agriculture, King Saud University, Riyadh 11495, Saudi Arabia.
Afaf El-AnsaryCentral Research Laboratory, Female Campus, King Saud University, Riyadh 11495, Saudi Arabia.
King Saud University · SAKing Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology · SAUniversity of Missouri–Kansas City · US

Funding

This work was funded through Researchers Supporting Project, fund number , King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. (RSP2021/341)
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Obesity prevalence is rising globally, as are the number of chronic disorders connected with obesity, such as diabetes, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, dyslipidemia, and hypertension. Bariatric surgery is also becoming more common, and it remains the most effective and long-term treatment for obesity. This study will assess the influence of Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy (LSG) on gut microbiota in people with obesity before and after surgery. The findings shed new light on the changes in gut microbiota in Saudi people with obesity following LSG. In conclusion, LSG may improve the metabolic profile, resulting in decreased fat mass and increased lean mass, as well as improving the microbial composition balance in the gastrointestinal tract, but this is still not equivalent to normal weight microbiology. A range of factors, including patient characteristics, geographic dispersion, type of operation, technique, and nutritional and caloric restriction, could explain differences in abundance between studies. This information could point to a novel and, most likely, tailored strategy in obesity therapy, which could eventually be incorporated into health evaluations and monitoring in preventive health care or clinical medicine.

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Bariatric SurgeryGastrointestinal MicrobiomeLaparoscopyObesity, MorbidHumansMiddle Eastern PeopleObesityTreatment Outcomebariatric surgerygut microbiotaLaparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy (LSG)obesity

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PMID36678232
PMCPMC9864113
OpenAlexW4315647649

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