Mechanisms of weight loss after bariatric surgery.
The surgical treatment of clinically severe obesity is becoming more popular. To date, little has been published concerning the mechanisms by which each of the commonly employed bariatric surgical procedures induces weight loss. This article reviews the physiology of weight loss induced by semi-starvation and other proposed mechanisms of surgically induced weight loss.
Flancbaum
Louis
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Department of Bariatric Surgery, St Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center and Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York 1023, USA. lfancbaum@slrhc.org
D001835:Body Weight; D013505:Digestive System Surgical Procedures; D006801:Humans; D009767:Obesity, Morbid / Q000601:surgery*; D011182:Postoperative Care; D015431:Weight Loss / Q000502:physiology*