title: [Beginnings of bariatric and metabolic surgery in Spain].
abstract: When bariatric and metabolic surgery initially began in Spain, it was a subject of debate, due to not knowing exactly who were the first surgeons to perform it. A study has revealed the authors of the first interventions.
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Cirugía, Clínica San Jorge, Alcoy, Alicante, España. abaltasar@coma.es
authors.forename: Aniceto
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Baltasar
authors.forename: Eduardo
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Domínguez-Adame
mesh_terms: D050110:Bariatric Surgery / Q000266:history*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D013030:Spain
keywords: Bariatric surgery; Bariatría española; Cirugía bariátrica; Cirugía metabolica; Historia cirugía; Metabolic surgery; Spanish bariatrics; Surgical history