The prevalence of obesity has increased in recent decades, and obesity is now one of the leading public health concerns on a worldwide scale. There is accumulating agreement that bariatric surgery is currently the most efficacious and enduring treatment for clinically severe obesity, and as a ... إقراء المزيد

Obese patients lose more weight with bariatric surgery than with medical weight-loss treatment. The laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass procedure results in more short-term weight loss than laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding, but the latter has fewer postoperative complications and a lower mortality rate; long-term comparative data are ... إقراء المزيد

The intent of this article is to review the history of bariatric surgery, to compare the various bariatric operations, to list the current indications for these procedures, to evaluate the outcomes, and to consider the risks. إقراء المزيد