Endocrine Abstracts

Background: So far, guidelines for bariatric surgery do no recommend the universal screening for thyroid diseases, except the TSH measurement in selected patients. However, a possible interplay between obesity (possibly complicated by obesity-related comorbidities) and thyroid diseases has been postulated.Objective: Aim of the study was to investigate the prevalence of thyroid diseases in a cohort of obese patients, evaluated for bariatric surgery. Metho...