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Outcomes of bariatric surgery in human immunodeficiency virus positive individuals: a single center experience.

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2016

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Maryam Alfa‐Wali, Shivshankar Seechurn, Olubaniyi Ayodeji, Mark Nelson, Omair A. Shariq, Marialessia Milella, Jeremy G. Thompson, Moses Kapembwa
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Abstract

Bariatric surgery is safe in stable HIV-positive individuals receiving multiple drug therapies with no detrimental effect on viral suppression. It should therefore be offered as a management strategy for obesity in HIV-positive individuals as per the general population.