The Evolution of Metabolic/Bariatric Surgery

Metabolic surgery is defined as “the operative manipulation of a normal organ or organ system to achieve a biological result for a potential health gain.” The evolution of metabolic/bariatric surgery can be viewed from several perspectives: (1) realization that bariatric surgery has always been and...

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Published in:Obesity surgery 2014-08, Vol.24 (8), p.1126-1135
Main Author: Buchwald, Henry
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bariatric Surgery - history
Bariatric Surgery - methods
Energy Metabolism - physiology
Gastric Bypass - history
Gastrointestinal surgery
Gastroplasty - history
History, 20th Century
Humans
Inflammation - physiopathology
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Metabolism
Obesity
Obesity, Morbid - metabolism
Obesity, Morbid - surgery
Review
Surgery
Surgical techniques
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