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Indications for Bariatric Surgery

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Minimally Invasive Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery

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Early bariatric surgeries took place in the 1950s and initially consisted of the intestinal bypass procedure, aimed to induce an iatrogenic malabsorption resulting in weight loss.

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Lucchese, M., Quartararo, G., Godini, L., Sturiale, A., Facchiano, E. (2015). Indications for Bariatric Surgery. In: Lucchese, M., Scopinaro, N. (eds) Minimally Invasive Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-15356-8_13

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