title: [Obesity: indications for surgery].
abstract: Over the last thirty years, successive surgical techniques have been tried to find an answer to the problems caused by extreme obesity. The advantages and disadvantages of jejuno-ileal, bilio-pancreatic and gastric bypass, of gastroplasty as well as of intragastric balloons and of plastic surgery for the treatment of obesity are discussed. The necessity of long-term follow-up studies, allowing a better evaluation of surgical the impact of obesity on treatment for morbidity and mortality rates, remains extremely important.
authors.affiliation: Policlinique médicale universitaire, Lausanne.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Laurent-Jaccard
mesh_terms: D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D015905:Gastric Balloon; D015390:Gastric Bypass; D015391:Gastroplasty; D006801:Humans; D015187:Lipectomy; D009767:Obesity, Morbid / Q000601:surgery*
vernacular_title: Obésité: indications opératoires.