Endocrine Abstracts

Aim: Bariatric surgery (BS) modifies body composition. The aim of the study was to establish the first step toward the introduction of the ultrasound (US) and bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) in the evaluation of body composition before and after BS. In addition, as obesity was shown to be related to global cognitive decline, we aim to determine possible changes in cognitive test before and after BS.Material and Methods: a prospective pilot study o...