title: Shedding health risks with bariatric weight loss surgery.
abstract: More and more obese patients are turning to bariatric weight loss surgery, which is proving its worth by decreasing or eliminating dangerous comorbidities of obesity. Here's how to help prepare your patient for surgery and care for her afterward.
authors.affiliation: Celebration Institute, Inc., in Conroe, Tex., USA.
authors.forename: Susan Gallagher
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Camden
mesh_terms: D004496:Education, Continuing; D015390:Gastric Bypass / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D012307:Risk Factors