title: Winning at weight loss. Stomach surgery for weight loss. For the severely obese, this last resort offers impressive benefits. But it's not risk-free.
authors.affiliation: University of Pittsburgh Medical Center's (UPMC) Shadyside, Magee-Women's, and St. Margaret Hospitals, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
authors.forename: Ioannis
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Rftopoulos
authors.forename: Anita P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Courcoulas
mesh_terms: D050110:Bariatric Surgery / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus; D006801:Humans; D009767:Obesity, Morbid / Q000601:surgery*; D014481:United States