Obesity surgery in the United Kingdom: survey of 970 general surgeons.
The results of a questionnaire survey on obesity surgery sent to 970 consultant general surgeons working in the United Kingdom National Health Service are presented. The response rate was 37%. There were 38 surgeons actively practising this surgery. The majority were performing a gastric procedure, mostly gastroplasty, but some did gastric bypass or banding. Three were doing the biliopancreatic bypass. Most surgeons were doing less than 10 operations a year. A total of 109 expressed an interest in attending a UK symposium and 59 would participate in a UK Bariatric Register. This practice, though only a small part of UK surgery, is larger than expected.
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MRC Clinical Research Centre, Northwick Park Hospital, Harrow, Middlesex.
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D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D015390:Gastric Bypass; D015391:Gastroplasty; D006801:Humans; D007581:Jejunoileal Bypass; D009767:Obesity, Morbid / Q000601:surgery*; D006113:United Kingdom