“…In large part, human studies have confirmed that fasting or postprandial total bile acid concentrations are increased following RYGB (Ahmad et al, 2013; Albaugh et al, 2015; De Giorgi et al, 2015; Ferrannini et al, 2015; Gerhard et al, 2013; Jahansouz et al, 2016; Jørgensen et al, 2015; Nakatani et al, 2009; Pournaras et al, 2012; Simonen et al, 2012; Steinert et al, 2013; Werling et al, 2013b) and BPD (Ferrannini et al, 2015; Nakatani et al, 2009). The effects of VSG on bile acid levels is mixed with some showing increased plasma concentrations (Jahansouz et al, 2016; Khan et al, 2016; Steinert et al, 2013), but others detecting no change (Belgaumkar et al, 2016; Escalona et al, 2016; Nakatani et al, 2009). As expected, studies examining adjustable gastric banding, known to be an exclusively restrictive procedure, show no changes in circulating bile acids (Kohli et al, 2013a; Pournaras et al, 2012).…”