Research progress in the effect of bariatric surgery on thyroid function

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Obesity is a prevalent disease that may lead to thyroid dysfunction. The prevalence of overt and subclinical hypothyroidism is significantly higher in patients with obesity compared to the general population. Moreover, weight loss can restore thyroid function by improving the inflammatory state. Bariatric surgery has been demonstrated to be an effective treatment for obesity and related comorbidities. However, the effect of bariatric surgery on thyroid hormone and function remains uncertain. This article summarizes the effects and mechanisms of bariatric surgery on thyroid function and thyroid diseases to provide evidence for clinical practice.

Key words: Bariatric surgery, Obesity, Thyroid function, Thyroid hormone, Hypothyroidism

Yiran Zhang, Baoyin Liu, Yuntao Nie, Hua Meng. Research progress in the effect of bariatric surgery on thyroid function[J]. Chinese Journal of Obesity and Metabolic Diseases(Electronic Edition), 2024, 10(03): 170-176.

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作者	年份	手术方式	随访时间	TSH水平	FT3水平	FT4水平	TT3水平	TT4水平
Chikunguwo	2007	AGB/RYGB	1年	↓	/	-	/	/
Jankovic	2012	SG/RYGB	1年	↓	/	/	/	/
MacCuish	2012	RYGB	2年	↓	/	↑	/	/
Lips	2013	RYGB	3个月	↓	/	/	↓	/
Ruiz-Tovar	2014	SG	1年	↓	/	/	/	/
Abu-Ghanem	2015	SG	1年	↓	/	-	/	/
Butte	2015	RYGB	1年	↓	-	-	↓	-
Janssen	2015	RYGB	1年	↓	/	-	/	/
Liu	2017	RYGB	6个月	↓	/	↓	/	/
Xing	2017	SG	6个月	↓	-	-	-	-
Yang	2017	SG	1年	↓	↓	-	/	/
Zhang	2017	RYGB	1年	-	↓	↓	/	/
Mirahmadian	2018	RYGB	3个月	-	-	-	/	/
Muraca	2018	AGB	1年	↓	/	/	/	/
Neves	2018	SG/RYGB	1年	↓	-	-	/	/
Rudnicki	2018	SG/RYGB	1年	↓	/	/	/	/
Duran	2019	SG/RYGB	1年	↓	↓	-	/	/
Gokosmanoglu	2019	SG/OAGB	1~3.6年	↓	-	-	/	/
Juiz-Valiña	2019	SG/RYGB	1年	↓	/	↓	/	/
Yu	2019	RYGB	1年	↓	↓	↓	/	/
Xia	2019	SG/RYGB	1年	↓	↓	-	/	/
Abdelbaki	2020	SG	1年	↓	/	/	/	/
Almunif	2020	SG	7年	↓	/	/	/	/
Chen（1）	2020	SG	1年	↓	↓	-	/	/
Granzotto	2020	RYGB	2年	↓	/	-	↓	-
Aykota	2021	SG	6个月	↓	-	↑	/	/
Bian	2021	/	6个月	↓	↓	-	/	/
Karaman	2021	SG	1年	↓	↓	-	/	/
Salman	2021	SG	1年	↓	↓	↑	/	/
Alamro	2022	SG/RYGB	1年	/	/	/	/	/
Chen（2）	2022	SG	1年	↓	↓	↑	/	/
Lautenbach	2022	SG/RYGB	8年	↓	↓	-	/	/
Ma	2022	SG	1年	↓	↓	↓	↓	↓
Franca	2023	RYGB	1年	↓	/	/	/	/
Kamal	2023	SG	1年	↓	/	/	/	/
Tian	2024	SG/RYGB	1年	↓	↓	↓	↓	↓
Teke	2024	SG	1年	↓	↓	↑	/	/

作者	年份	手术方式	随访时间	TSH水平	FT3水平	FT4水平	TT3水平	TT4水平
Chikunguwo	2007	AGB/RYGB	1年	↓	/	-	/	/
Jankovic	2012	SG/RYGB	1年	↓	/	/	/	/
MacCuish	2012	RYGB	2年	↓	/	↑	/	/
Lips	2013	RYGB	3个月	↓	/	/	↓	/
Ruiz-Tovar	2014	SG	1年	↓	/	/	/	/
Abu-Ghanem	2015	SG	1年	↓	/	-	/	/
Butte	2015	RYGB	1年	↓	-	-	↓	-
Janssen	2015	RYGB	1年	↓	/	-	/	/
Liu	2017	RYGB	6个月	↓	/	↓	/	/
Xing	2017	SG	6个月	↓	-	-	-	-
Yang	2017	SG	1年	↓	↓	-	/	/
Zhang	2017	RYGB	1年	-	↓	↓	/	/
Mirahmadian	2018	RYGB	3个月	-	-	-	/	/
Muraca	2018	AGB	1年	↓	/	/	/	/
Neves	2018	SG/RYGB	1年	↓	-	-	/	/
Rudnicki	2018	SG/RYGB	1年	↓	/	/	/	/
Duran	2019	SG/RYGB	1年	↓	↓	-	/	/
Gokosmanoglu	2019	SG/OAGB	1~3.6年	↓	-	-	/	/
Juiz-Valiña	2019	SG/RYGB	1年	↓	/	↓	/	/
Yu	2019	RYGB	1年	↓	↓	↓	/	/
Xia	2019	SG/RYGB	1年	↓	↓	-	/	/
Abdelbaki	2020	SG	1年	↓	/	/	/	/
Almunif	2020	SG	7年	↓	/	/	/	/
Chen（1）	2020	SG	1年	↓	↓	-	/	/
Granzotto	2020	RYGB	2年	↓	/	-	↓	-
Aykota	2021	SG	6个月	↓	-	↑	/	/
Bian	2021	/	6个月	↓	↓	-	/	/
Karaman	2021	SG	1年	↓	↓	-	/	/
Salman	2021	SG	1年	↓	↓	↑	/	/
Alamro	2022	SG/RYGB	1年	/	/	/	/	/
Chen（2）	2022	SG	1年	↓	↓	↑	/	/
Lautenbach	2022	SG/RYGB	8年	↓	↓	-	/	/
Ma	2022	SG	1年	↓	↓	↓	↓	↓
Franca	2023	RYGB	1年	↓	/	/	/	/
Kamal	2023	SG	1年	↓	/	/	/	/
Tian	2024	SG/RYGB	1年	↓	↓	↓	↓	↓
Teke	2024	SG	1年	↓	↓	↑	/	/

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