title: Surgical management of morbid obesity.
abstract: Obesity affects 1.7 million people worldwide, and is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality. Outcomes of conservative management are generally poor. Surgery for morbid obesity has reported excellent results, leading to an exponential increase in numbers of procedures performed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biosurgery and Surgical Technology, Imperial College London, St. Mary's Hospital, UK.
authors.forename: Rajesh
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Aggarwal
authors.forename: Luke
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Hodgson
authors.forename: Christopher
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rao
authors.forename: Hutan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ashrafian
authors.forename: Andre
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chow
authors.forename: Emmanouil
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Zacharakis
authors.forename: Thanos
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Athanasiou
authors.forename: Ara
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Darzi
authors.forename: Desmond
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Johnston
mesh_terms: D050110:Bariatric Surgery / Q000193:education / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends; D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate; D005260:Female; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D008297:Male; D009767:Obesity, Morbid / Q000601:surgery*; D013531:Surgicenters; D016896:Treatment Outcome