Background: In recent decades, obesity has become a public health problem in many countries. The objective of\nthis study was to evaluate the main joint and extra-articular manifestations related to spondyloarthritis (SpA) after\nbariatric surgery (BS) in a retrospective cohort.\nMethods: Demographic, clinical, laboratory and imaging data from nine patients whose SpA symptoms started\nafter a BS have been described. Modified New York (mNY) criteria for ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and the Assessment of\nSpondyloarthritis International Society (ASAS) criteria for axial (ax-SpA) and peripheral (p-SpA) spondyloarthritis were applied.\nResults: The mean weight reduction after BS was....................
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