Musculoskeletal symptoms improve after gastric bypass surgery.(Rheumatology)

From: Internal Medicine News | Date: February 15, 2005 | Copyright information

CHICAGO -- Musculoskeletal symptoms are very common in the morbidly obese, but improve significantly as early as 6 months after gastric bypass surgery, Michele Hooper, M.D., said at the 2004 World Congress on Osteoarthritis.

In a study of 48 consecutive patients, 52% had complete resolution of musculoskeletal symptoms, in weight bearing and non-weight bearing sites, 6 months after surgery. Fibromyalgia symptoms resolved in 90% of patients.

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