Nephrolithiasis after intestinal bypass: successful treatment with a low-fat diet

Perrochet, F.; Keusch, G.; Binswanger, U.

Schweizerische Medizinische Wochenschrift 111(46): 1766-1769

1981


ISSN/ISBN: 0036-7672
PMID: 7313647
Document Number: 174716
A 32-year-old women was treated for overweight by gastrointestinal bypass surgery. Following surgery, repeated calcium oxalate nephrolithiasis was observed and secondary hyperoxaluria was diagnosed. Treatment with low oxalate and fat diet resulted in normal urinary oxalic acid excretion; no further stone formation was observed.

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