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Patients were included if they had at least one postoperative evaluation of iron, ferritin, vitamins B1, B6, B12, D, folate or methylmalonic acid. Data were available in 83 of 95 patients. Of these, 78.3% (65\/83) had at least one and 37.3% (31\/83) had more than one micronutrient deficiency at a median of 6.1 months (interquartile range (IQR) 5.4\u20137.5) of follow-up. Similar to the results found in previous studies, most common deficiencies identified were: iron, vitamin B12 and vitamin D. In addition, folate deficiency and anemia were detected in a substantial amount of patients in this cohort. At 24.8 months (IQR 19.4\u201333.1) of follow-up, micronutrient deficiencies were still common, however, most deficiencies normalized following supplementation on indication. 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