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A Brief History of Bariatric Surgery

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Emergency Surgery in Obese Patients

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Abstract

The continuous rise in the incidence and prevalence of obesity along with its associated devastating economic burden has been a serious threat to global public health. Over the last few decades, unsatisfactory results with conservative treatment of obesity such as diets, behavior modification, pharmacologic therapy, alone or in combination, have left bariatric surgery as the only, most effective option for treatment of obesity and its related comorbid diseases. Surgeons have been constantly looking for safer, more effective, and more persistent bariatric procedures, to aid in the rapid growth and advancement of this relatively young surgical branch. The introduction of minimally invasive techniques in the bariatric field can be regarded as the turning point in the history of this practice. The advantages offered by laparoscopic bariatric procedures compared to open surgeries were so pronounced that a massive increase in patient demand and number of surgeries performed worldwide ensued.

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  1. Department of Human Pathology of Adult and Evolutive Age, Gaetano Martino University Hospital, University of Messina, Messina, Italy

    Giuseppe Navarra

  2. Department of Medical-Surgical Sciences and Biotechnologies, Sapienza University of Rome, ICOT—Polo Pontino, Latina, Italy

    Gianfranco Silecchia

  3. General Surgery Unit, ARNAS Garibaldi Hospital, Catania, Italy

    Luigi Piazza

  4. General Surgery Unit, Gaetano Martino University Hospital, Messina, Italy

    Iman Komaei

  5. Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Turin, Turin, Italy

    Mauro Toppino

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Navarra, G., Silecchia, G., Piazza, L., Komaei, I., Toppino, M. (2020). A Brief History of Bariatric Surgery. In: Foschi, D., Navarra, G. (eds) Emergency Surgery in Obese Patients. Updates in Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-17305-0_13

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