Indications for Surgery for Obesity and Weight-Related Diseases: Position Statements from the International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders (IFSO)

Affiliations

¹ Director Department of Surgery, Montebelluna Treviso Hospital, Montebelluna, Treviso, Italy. nnwdel@tin.it.
² University Federico II of Naples, Naples, Italy.
³ The European School of Laparoscopic Surgery, Brussels, Belgium.
⁴ University of Padua, Padua, Italy.
⁵ Univerity of Genoa, Genoa, Italy.
⁶ Sana Klinikum Offenbach, Offenbach, Germany.
⁷ Director Department of Surgery, Montebelluna Treviso Hospital, Montebelluna, Treviso, Italy.
⁸ CODS, Saifee, Hospital, Mumbay, India.
⁹ Univerity of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
¹⁰ Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Australia.
¹¹ Gynecologyc and Obstretics Clinic, Marienhospital, Bottrop, Germany.
¹² Clinica Universitaria de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain.
¹³ Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
¹⁴ University Hospital of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
¹⁵ Universita degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza, Rome, Italy.
¹⁶ Department of Medicine, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.
¹⁷ Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
¹⁸ Obesity Research Management, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.
¹⁹ Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, USA.

Maurizio De Luca et al. Obes Surg. 2016 Aug.

. 2016 Aug;26(8):1659-96.

doi: 10.1007/s11695-016-2271-4.

¹ Director Department of Surgery, Montebelluna Treviso Hospital, Montebelluna, Treviso, Italy. nnwdel@tin.it.
² University Federico II of Naples, Naples, Italy.
³ The European School of Laparoscopic Surgery, Brussels, Belgium.
⁴ University of Padua, Padua, Italy.
⁵ Univerity of Genoa, Genoa, Italy.
⁶ Sana Klinikum Offenbach, Offenbach, Germany.
⁷ Director Department of Surgery, Montebelluna Treviso Hospital, Montebelluna, Treviso, Italy.
⁸ CODS, Saifee, Hospital, Mumbay, India.
⁹ Univerity of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
¹⁰ Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Australia.
¹¹ Gynecologyc and Obstretics Clinic, Marienhospital, Bottrop, Germany.
¹² Clinica Universitaria de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain.
¹³ Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
¹⁴ University Hospital of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
¹⁵ Universita degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza, Rome, Italy.
¹⁶ Department of Medicine, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.
¹⁷ Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
¹⁸ Obesity Research Management, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.
¹⁹ Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, USA.

No abstract available

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