Bariatric surgery: the challenges with candidate selection, individualizing treatment and clinical outcomes

BMC Medicine

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T Olbers¹  KJ Neff²  CW le Roux³ 

[1] Department of Bariatric Surgery, Carlanderska Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden;Department of Gastrosurgical Research and Education, University of Gothenburg, 5-413 45, Gothenburg, Sweden;Experimental Pathology, UCD Conway Institute, School of Medicine and Medical Sciences, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland;Experimental Pathology, UCD Conway Institute, School of Medicine and Medical Sciences, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland;Department of Gastrosurgical Research and Education, University of Gothenburg, 5-413 45, Gothenburg, Sweden;

关键词: Bariatric surgery;    obesity;    pre-operative assessment;    postoperative outcomes.;   

DOI  :  10.1186/1741-7015-11-8

 received in 2012-04-13, accepted in 2013-01-10,  发布年份 2013

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

Obesity is recognized as a global health crisis. Bariatric surgery offers a treatment that can reduce weight, induce remission of obesity-related diseases, and improve the quality of life. In this article, we outline the different options in bariatric surgery and summarize the recommendations for selecting and assessing potential candidates before proceeding to surgery. We present current data on post-surgical outcomes and evaluate the psychosocial and economic effects of bariatric surgery. Finally, we evaluate the complication rates and present recommendations for post-operative care.

【 授权许可】

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© Neff et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. 2013. This article is published under license to BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.