Reply to Letter to the Editor: Beyond the BMI: a Critical Analysis of the Edmonton Obesity Staging System and the New Guidelines for Indications for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery

Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgery, Stanford School of Medicine and VA Palo Alto Health Care System, 3801 Miranda Avenue, Palo Alto, CA, 112, USA. daneisenberg@stanford.edu.
² Department of Surgery, Center for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
³ Prisma Health, Department of Surgery, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Greenville, SC, USA.

Comment

Dan Eisenberg et al. Obes Surg. 2023 Apr.

. 2023 Apr;33(4):1279-1280.

doi: 10.1007/s11695-023-06517-2. Epub 2023 Feb 21.

¹ Department of Surgery, Stanford School of Medicine and VA Palo Alto Health Care System, 3801 Miranda Avenue, Palo Alto, CA, 112, USA. daneisenberg@stanford.edu.
² Department of Surgery, Center for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
³ Prisma Health, Department of Surgery, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Greenville, SC, USA.

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2022 American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS) and International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders (IFSO): Indications for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery.
Eisenberg D, Shikora SA, Aarts E, Aminian A, Angrisani L, Cohen RV, De Luca M, Faria SL, Goodpaster KPS, Haddad A, Himpens JM, Kow L, Kurian M, Loi K, Mahawar K, Nimeri A, O'Kane M, Papasavas PK, Ponce J, Pratt JSA, Rogers AM, Steele KE, Suter M, Kothari SN. Eisenberg D, et al. Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2022 Dec;18(12):1345-1356. doi: 10.1016/j.soard.2022.08.013. Epub 2022 Oct 21. Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2022. PMID: 36280539
Beyond the BMI: a Critical Analysis of the Edmonton Obesity Staging System and the New Guidelines for Indications for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery.
Pajecki D, Dantas ACB, Santo MA, Tess BH. Pajecki D, et al. Obes Surg. 2023 Apr;33(4):1276-1278. doi: 10.1007/s11695-023-06516-3. Epub 2023 Feb 20. Obes Surg. 2023. PMID: 36805461 No abstract available.

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