title: Surgical treatment of morbid obesity.
abstract: The prevalence of obesity is increasing rapidly, and it is a major health problem, especially in Western countries. Bariatric surgery causes significant and permanent weight loss and improves the quality of life. It ameliorates or eliminates most of the obesity-related comorbidities. Isolated gastric restriction procedures are technically easy to perform, the morbidity and mortality are low, but the weight loss is unsatisfactory in patients who ingest high-energy food. Combined gastric restriction with gastric bypass or intestinal malabsorption procedures cause greater weight loss, but more nutritional complications.
authors.affiliation: Division of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Department of Surgery, Federal University of Parana, Curitiba, Brazil.
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Coelho
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Campos
mesh_terms: D019049:Developed Countries; D015390:Gastric Bypass; D015391:Gastroplasty; D006801:Humans; D007408:Intestinal Absorption; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods; D009767:Obesity, Morbid / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery*; D015995:Prevalence; D011788:Quality of Life; D013270:Stomach / Q000601:surgery*; D015431:Weight Loss