title: Surgery for severe obesity.
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Steinbrook
mesh_terms: D015975:Consensus Development Conferences, NIH as Topic; D015390:Gastric Bypass / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends*; D015391:Gastroplasty / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D009767:Obesity, Morbid / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000401:mortality; D014481:United States