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. 2016 Mar-Apr;12(3):453-459.
doi: 10.1016/j.soard.2015.11.021. Epub 2015 Nov 27.

American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery position statement on long-term survival benefit after metabolic and bariatric surgery

Julie Kim  1 , Dan Eisenberg  2 , Dan Azagury  3 , Ann Rogers  4 , Guilherme M Campos  5
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American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery position statement on long-term survival benefit after metabolic and bariatric surgery

Julie Kim et al. Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2016 Mar-Apr.

Abstract

The following position statement has been issued by the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery in response to numerous inquiries made to the Society by patients, physicians, society members, hospitals, health insurance payors, the media, and others regarding the benefit of metabolic and bariatric surgery on long-term survival. An overview of the current available published peer-reviewed scientific evidence is presented.

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