Central nervous system complications following bariatric surgery.
| Major disorders | Recognized complications |
|---|---|
| Encephalopathy | Wernicke’s encephalopathy (WE) |
| Encephalopathy associated with D-lactic acidosis | |
| • Hyperammonemic encephalopathy | |
| Neuropsychiatric disorders | • Frank eating disorders |
| • Anorexia nervosa | |
| • Bulimia nervosa | |
| • Binge eating behavior | |
| • Eating avoidance disorder | |
| • Suicide | |
| Myelopathy | • Posterolateral myelopathy |
| • Myeloneuropathy | |
| Optic neuropathy | • Nutritional optic neuropathy |
| Other possible conditions (need to be verified by further studies) | • Stroke and Seizures |
| • CNS demyelination | |
| • Spontaneous intracranial hypotension | |
| • Cognitive impairment secondary to focal brain atrophy |
CNS - central nervous system