Bariatric surgery - A successful way to battle the weight crisis

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 259-260

  Weber, M ^a   Clavien, P A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARIATRIC SURGERY; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; EATING HABIT; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

BARIATRICS; BODY MASS INDEX; GASTRIC BYPASS; GASTROPLASTY; HUMANS; OBESITY, MORBID;

EID: 33645081449     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: 13652168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.5322     Document Type: Review

References (11)

1. Kopelman PG. Obesity as a medical problem. Nature 2000; 404: 635-643.
2. Fontaine KR, Redden DT, Wang C, Westfall AO, Allison DB. Years of life lost due to obesity. JAMA 2003; 289: 187-193.
3. Yanovski SZ, Yanovski JA. Obesity. N Engl J Med 2002; 346: 591-602.
4. Sauerland S, Angrisani L, Belachew M, Chevallier JM, Favretti F, Finer N et al. Obesity surgery: evidence-based guidelines of the European Association for Endoscopic Surgery (EAES). Surg Endosc 2005; 19: 200-221.
5. Consensus Development Conference Panel. NIH Conference. Gastrointestinal surgery for severe obesity. Ann Intern Med 1991; 115: 956-961.
6. Sjöström L, Lindroos AK, Peltonen M, Torgerson J, Bouchard C, Carlsson B et al. Lifestyle, diabetes, and cardiovascular risk factors 10 years after bariatric surgery. N Engl J Med 2004; 351: 2683-2693.
7. Weber M, Muller MK, Bucher T, Wildi S, Dindo D, Horber F et al. Laparoscopic gastric bypass is superior to laparoscopic gastric banding for treatment of morbid obesity. Ann Surg 2004; 240: 975-983.
8. Weber M, Muller MK, Michel JM, Belal R, Horber F, Hauser R et al. Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, but not rebanding, should be proposed as rescue procedure for patients with failed laparoscopic gastric banding. Ann Surg 2003; 238: 827-834.
9. Lujan J, Frutos MD, Hernandez Q, Liron R, Cuenca J, Valero G et al. Laparoscopic versus open gastric bypass in the treatment of morbid obesity: a randomized prospective study. Ann Surg 2004; 239: 433-437.
10. Santry HP, Gillen DL, Lauderdale DS. Trends in bariatric surgical procedures. JAMA 2005; 294: 1909-1917.
11. Steinbrook R. Surgery for severe obesity. N Engl J Med 2004; 350: 1075-1079.