• Department of General Surgery, Affiliated Hospital of North Sichuan Medical College, Nanchong 637000, Sichuan Province, China;
WANG Chongshu, Email: chongshu-wang@163.com
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Objective  To summarize and analyze the research progression of zinc deficiency in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus or obesity after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) surgery.
Method  The domestic and international published literatures about zinc deficiency after RYGB in recent years were reviewed.
Results  There was a degree of zinc deficiency after RYGB surgery, its mechanisms had not been fully clarified, which were related to reduced intake and absorption of zinc, protein malnutrition, dietary factors, and specific ways of surgery and the zinc supplementation programmes after operation would also affect the postoperative zinc nutritional status.
Conclusions  Reasons for zinc deficiency after RYGB surgery are multifaceted and have not been clarified. Further research is needed to provide experimental and theoretical basis for management of zinc nutritional status after RYGB surgery.

Citation: XUE Songlin,WANG Chongshu. Research Progression of Zinc Deficiency after Gastric Bypass Surgery. CHINESE JOURNAL OF BASES AND CLINICS IN GENERAL SURGERY, 2013, 20(5): 574-578. doi: Copy

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