RT Book, Section
A1 Zak, Yulia
A1 Gee, Denise
A2 Mazer, Laura M.
A2 Lagisetty, Kiran
A2 Butler, Kathryn L.
SR Print(0)
ID 1191196056
T1 Bariatric Surgery
T2 Pocket Journal Club: Essential Articles in General Surgery
YR 2017
FD 2017
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781259587580
LK accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1191196056
RD 2024/04/20
AB Over  15  million  adult  Americans  (6.6%  of  the  population)  had  a  BMI  >  40  kg/m2  in  2013,  and  the  rate  of  obesity  continues  to  rise.1  Obesity  is  associated  with  increased  morbidity  and  mortality.2  Approximately  179,000  weight  loss  procedures  were  performed  in  the  United  States  in  2013,  and  strong  data  now  demonstrate  that  bariatric  surgery  decreases  morbidity  and  mortality  in  obese  patients.3