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Treatment Of Obesity: Weight Loss And Bariatric Surgery, Bruce M. Wolfe, Elizaveta Walker, Robert H. Eckel
Treatment Of Obesity: Weight Loss And Bariatric Surgery, Bruce M. Wolfe, Elizaveta Walker, Robert H. Eckel
Elizaveta Walker
This review focuses on the mechanisms underlying, and indications for, bariatric surgery in the reduction of cardiovascular disease (CVD), as well as other expected benefits of this intervention. The fundamental basis for bariatric surgery for the purpose of accomplishing weight loss is the determination that severe obesity is a disease associated with multiple adverse effects on health, which can be reversed or improved by successful weight loss in patients who have been unable to sustain weight loss by nonsurgical means. An explanation of possible indications for weight loss surgery as well as specific bariatric surgical procedures is presented, along with …