Liver Fibrosis stage at baseline predicts outcome of metabolic surgery

¹ Medical University of Vienna, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine III, Wien, Austria

² Division of Gastroenterology and Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine I, Brothers of St. John of God Hospital Vienna, Wien, Austria

³ Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Center for Public Health, Medical University of Vienna, Wien, Austria

⁴ Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Wien, Austria

⁵ Special Institute for Preventive Cardiology And Nutrition – SIPCAN save your life, Salzburg, Austria

¹ Medical University of Vienna, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine III, Wien, Austria

⁶ Division of Internal Medicine, General public hospital of the Order of Saint Elisabeth in Klagenfurt, Klagenfurt, Austria

⁴ Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Wien, Austria

⁷ Department of Pathology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, Wien, Austria

⁴ Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Wien, Austria

² Division of Gastroenterology and Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine I, Brothers of St. John of God Hospital Vienna, Wien, Austria

¹ Medical University of Vienna, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine III, Wien, Austria

⁸ Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Wien, Austria

⁹ Department of Medicine 1 and Karl Landsteiner Institute for Obesity and Metabolic Diseases, Rudolfstiftung Hospital, Wien, Austria

¹⁰ Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Wien, Austria