title: Bariatric surgery: choosing the optimal procedure.
abstract: Choosing the right operation for weight loss continues to be a challenging and subjective process. In experienced hands, most operations have the ability to be successful in providing a given patient with meaningful weight loss and impart better health through loss of adiposity, amelioration of comorbidities, and improvement of overall quality of life.
authors.affiliation: Division of General and Gastrointestinal Surgery, Center for Minimally Invasive Surgery, The Ohio State University, N 745 Doan, 410 W 10th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA. bradley.needleman@osumc.edu
authors.forename: Bradley J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Needleman
authors.forename: Lynn C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Happel
mesh_terms: D000713:Anastomosis, Roux-en-Y / Q000379:methods; D050110:Bariatric Surgery / Q000379:methods*; D015904:Biliopancreatic Diversion / Q000379:methods; D005743:Gastrectomy / Q000379:methods; D015390:Gastric Bypass / Q000379:methods; D015391:Gastroplasty / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures