Surgical
Treatment for Obesity
Weight-loss
surgery (bariatric surgery) is the only option
today that effectively treats morbid obesity in
people for whom more conservative measures such
as diet, exercise, and medication have failed.
There
are a variety of approaches to bariatric surgery,
but all procedures are either malabsorptive, restrictive,
or a combination of the two. Malabsorptive procedures
change the way the digestive system works. Restrictive
procedures are those that severely reduce the
size of the stomach to hold less food, but the
digestive functions remain intact.
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