Abstract
Bariatric surgery has been uncovered to relieve nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) in patients with obesity, while current studies have neutral or opposite results. This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to evaluate the effects of bariatric surgery on NAFLD in patients with obesity. PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Central, and Web of Science databases were performed to obtain publications containing comparison results of liver biopsy before and after bariatric surgery in obesity. Primary outcomes were biopsy-confirmed remission of NAFLD and NAFLD activity scores. Secondary outcomes were liver function. This study was registered with PROSPERO, CRD42021240346. Thirty-seven studies were included. After bariatric surgery, a biopsy-confirmed resolution of steatosis was improved in 56% of patients, ballooning degeneration in 49%, inflammation in 45%, and fibrosis in 25%. Bariatric surgery significantly decreased mean NAFLD activity scores. RYGB achieved the most obviously improvements in steatosis, and SG attained the most notably ameliorations in fibrosis. The percentage of patients with improved steatosis and hepatic fibrosis in Asian countries was higher than non-Asian countries. The reduction of ALT and AST was 11.95U/L and 6.44 U/L after surgery. Our study has revealed that bariatric surgery brought out significantly resolution of NAFLD in individuals with obesity. RYGB and SG have been proved to be of benefit to many hepatic parameters, and the improvement of liver steatosis and fibrosis, particularly in Asian countries. It is strongly suggested that bariatric surgery should be considered as a novel treatment for NAFLD.
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