Undergoing bariatric surgery—particularly gastric bypass surgery—is associated with earlier development of severe alcoholic hepatitis, according to a study presented at the 2022 International Liver Congress of the European Association for the Study of the Liver.
“There [are] data suggesting that after bariatric surgery, there was more alcohol abuse disorder. However, there was no data about severe alcoholic hepatitis, the deadliest form of alcoholic liver disease,” said