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What are the postoperative vitamin requirements?

April 26, 2017postoperative requirements vitamin

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What are the postoperative vitamin requirements?

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Postoperatively, patients will be required to take an assortment of vitamins in order to compensate for the malabsorption experienced from the gastric bypass. A daily multivitamin fortified with iron, daily calcium supplementation, as well as weekly vitamin B12 supplementation will be necessary. Depending on your preoperative vitamin stores, additional supplementation with zinc and/or vitamin D may also be necessary.