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Why Are Bariatric Surgeries Risky?

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Bariatric surgery is the only effective treatment that has been demonstrated to have long-lasting effects for morbidly obese individuals. Due to the increase in the obese population worldwide, the surgical treatment for morbid obesity has been increasing rapidly. It has been reported that more than 340,000 bariatric and metabolic surgeries were performed around the world in 2011. The number of procedures is expected to increase steadily in the future.

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  1. Department of Endoscopic Surgery, Nakagami General Hospital, Okinawa, Japan

    Susumu Inamine MD

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  1. Department of Surgery, Gangnam Severance Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South Korea)

    Seung Ho Choi

  2. Weight loss and metabolic surgery center, Yotsuya Medical Cube, Tokyo, Japan

    Kazunori Kasama

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Inamine, S. (2014). Why Are Bariatric Surgeries Risky?. In: Choi, S., Kasama, K. (eds) Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-35591-2_3

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