Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass, morbid obesity, faecal, calprotectin, elastase, alpha-1-antitrypsin.
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: -Patients who are 12-24 months post-RYGB.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: - Patients who have diarrhoea at the time of faeces collection - Patients who use a PPI or NSAID, without the possibility to discontinue this medication for at least 3 days - Patients with an acute or chronic disease of stomach, intestine or pancreas which may influence the measurements made in this study. E.g.: inflammatory bowel disease, malignancy of stomach, intestine or pancreas, chronic pancreatitis, chronic bowel infection, resection of stomach or bowel other than RYGB, radiotherapy with the gut laying within the ablated area, systemic disease which influences the gastro-intestinal tract (e.g. systemic sclerosis) Not excluded are patients with e.g. cholecystectomy, bacterial gastro-enteritis or acute pancreatitis, provided that patients are fully recovered.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Determination of reference values of faecal calprotectin, elastase-1 and alpha-1-antitrypsin after RYGB | — |
Contacts
Dept. of internal medicine