Surgery for Severe Obesity

doi:10.1056/NEJMp048029

Volume 350:1075-1079		March 11, 2004		Number 11

Surgery for Severe Obesity

Robert Steinbrook, M.D.

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The epidemic of obesity in the United States has spawned a secondepidemic — of bariatric surgery. The number of gastrointestinalsurgeries performed annually for severe obesity increased fromabout 16,000 in the early 1990s to about 103,000 in 2003 (seeFigure 1). This increase has been fueled by the increase inthe number of people who are extremely obese; the failure ofdiets, exercise, and medical therapy; and the advent of laparoscopicprocedures. Surgeons and hospitals are having difficulty keepingup. The number of practicing surgeons who are members of theAmerican Society for Bariatric Surgery (ASBS) increased . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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