title: Risks and benefits of bariatric surgery: current evidence.
abstract: Patients typically lose more than 50% of their excess weight after bariatric surgery. Obesity-related diseases markedly improve, reducing cardiovascular risk and improving life expectancy. Obese patients lose more weight with bariatric surgery than with medical weight-loss treatment.
authors.affiliation: Section of Advanced Laparoscopic and Bariatric Surgery, Department of General Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, OH 44195, USA. schauep@ccf.org
authors.forename: Stacy A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Brethauer
authors.forename: Bipan
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Chand
authors.forename: Philip R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Schauer
mesh_terms: D050110:Bariatric Surgery / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods / Q000401:mortality; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D003657:Decision Making; D006801:Humans; D009767:Obesity, Morbid / Q000601:surgery*; D018579:Patient Selection; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012449:Safety; D015431:Weight Loss