title: Contemporary surgical management of obesity.
abstract: The incidence of overweight and obesity is reaching epidemic proportions in the United States. The morbidity of obesity greatly influences the lives of those with this disease and upon the healthcare systems treating those afflicted with it. Currently, medical therapies are ineffective in both the prevention and treatment of obesity. Bariatric surgery has gained immense popularity over the past decade as it has been shown to be among the few means for which obesity can be successfully treated. This article reviews the current state of the art of bariatric surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Minimally Invasive Surgery Center, West Virginia University, Morgantown, USA.
authors.forename: Stephen S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: McNatt
authors.forename: Marissa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Howard-McNatt
mesh_terms: D015904:Biliopancreatic Diversion; D003376:Counseling; D015390:Gastric Bypass; D015391:Gastroplasty; D006801:Humans; D009767:Obesity, Morbid / Q000601:surgery; D011184:Postoperative Period; D015431:Weight Loss