Sleeve Gastrectomy: A Vital Reducer of Liver Transplantation Need in Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis Patients

Simulation of 20,000 obese patients with non-alcoholic steatohepatitis found that sleeve gastrectomy (SG) led to a gain of 14.3 years compared to medical weight management (MWM), with only 5% of SG patients requiring liver transplantation (LT) after one year, compared to 9% in the MWM group. SG reduced the need for LT in patients with a BMI above 32.2 kg/m, highlighting the potential of bariatric surgery in managing obesity and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis.