title: Overview of bariatric surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis 55455, USA.
authors.forename: Henry
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Buchwald
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D015904:Biliopancreatic Diversion; D015897:Comorbidity; D013505:Digestive System Surgical Procedures / Q000266:history / Q000639:trends; D004386:Duodenum / Q000601:surgery; D015390:Gastric Bypass; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D009767:Obesity, Morbid / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery*; D015995:Prevalence