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Review
. 2001 May;4(3):201-6.
doi: 10.1097/00075197-200105000-00006.

Surgical treatment of morbid obesity

J C Coelho  1 , A C Campos
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Review

Surgical treatment of morbid obesity

J C Coelho et al. Curr Opin Clin Nutr Metab Care. 2001 May.

Abstract

The prevalence of obesity is increasing rapidly, and it is a major health problem, especially in Western countries. Bariatric surgery causes significant and permanent weight loss and improves the quality of life. It ameliorates or eliminates most of the obesity-related comorbidities. Isolated gastric restriction procedures are technically easy to perform, the morbidity and mortality are low, but the weight loss is unsatisfactory in patients who ingest high-energy food. Combined gastric restriction with gastric bypass or intestinal malabsorption procedures cause greater weight loss, but more nutritional complications.

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