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Bariatric surgery: Part of the answer to the obesity epidemic
Bariatric surgery is not the total answer to obesity, but it can be an integral part of a comprehensive weight-management program.
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Risks and benefits of bariatric surgery: Current evidence
Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine. 2006 November;73(11):993-1007
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Stacy A. Brethauer, MD
Section of Advanced Laparoscopic and Bariatric Surgery, Department of General Surgery, Cleveland Clinic
Bipan Chand, MD
Director, Section of Surgical Endoscopy, Department of General Surgery, Cleveland Clinic
Philip R. Schauer, MD
Director, Bariatric and Metabolic Institute, Cleveland Clinic; professor of surgery, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University
Address: Philip R. Schauer, MD, Director, Bariatric and Metabolic Institute, M61, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195; e-mail schauep@ccf.org
Dr. Brethauer has disclosed receiving research support from the Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Bard Davol, and Tyco US Surgical corporations.
Dr. Chand has disclosed serving as a consultant for the Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Sanofi-Aventis, and Gore corporations.
Dr. Schauer has disclosed receiving research support from, serving as a consultant for, or receiving speaking honoraria from the Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Bard Davol, Gore, Baxter, Stryker, Invacare, Wyeth, and Dowden corporations.
ABSTRACTPatients typically lose more than 50% of their excess weight after bariatric surgery. Obesity-related diseases markedly improve, reducing cardiovascular risk and improving life expectancy. Obese patients lose more weight with bariatric surgery than with medical weight-loss treatment.