title: [Redo operations after bariatric and metabolic surgery].
abstract: Because of the growing prevalence of morbid obesity, bariatric surgery is getting more and more important. According to the growing number of bariatric operations, the number of patients in need of revisionary surgery is also growing, mostly because of insufficient weight loss. This article gives an outline of indications, preoperative diagnostics and revisionary operations in bariatric surgery.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung für Allgemein- und Visceralchirurgie, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität, Freiburg, Germany.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kuesters
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Marjanovic
authors.forename: W K
authors.initials: WK
authors.lastname: Karcz
mesh_terms: D050110:Bariatric Surgery / Q000009:adverse effects; D015992:Body Mass Index; D015390:Gastric Bypass; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D009767:Obesity, Morbid / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D011860:Radiography, Abdominal; D012086:Reoperation; D015431:Weight Loss