title: Future directions in bariatric surgery.
abstract: Bariatric surgery is a field in rapid evolution, and the speed of this evolution has been accelerating over the last several decades. A thorough understanding of past developments is crucial to anticipating the future intelligently. The trends that have driven evolution historically often persist, and continue to be influential in the future. With this in mind, this article briefly outlines the historical and current trends in bariatric surgery, and follows the trajectory of these trends into the future to anticipate the technologies and techniques that will be most important to the field in the coming years.
authors: Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Box 3443, Durham, NC 27710, USA.
authors: Sean M
authors: SM
authors: Lee
authors: Aurora D
authors: AD
authors: Pryor
mesh_terms: D050110:Bariatric Surgery / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends*; D004867:Equipment Design; D015905:Gastric Balloon; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D057605:Natural Orifice Endoscopic Surgery / Q000639:trends; D009767:Obesity, Morbid; D012371:Robotics / Q000639:trends