This issue will address the natural history of obesity, the operative and non-operative options for treatment, the metabolic basis for obesity and its metabolic consequences, post-operative expectations, complications, and a candid discussion of the pros and cons of the operative approach, including financial considerations. Individual articles will address important topics such as the duodenal switch procedures, long-limb gastric-bypass, banding procedures, psychological aspects, quality assurance, and policy implications.
1. Quality Assurance for Bariatric Surgery Programs (Pories) 2. Duodenal Switch Procedures (Anthone) 3. Long-Limb Gastric Bypass (Brolin) 4. Psychological Aspects of Weight Loss Surgery (Puzziferri) 5. Laparoscopic Banding Procedures: PRO (Provost) 6. Laparoscopic Banding Procedures: CON (Demaria) 7. Patient Selection and Physiology of the Commonly Performed Anti-obesity Operations (Kral and Näslund) 8. Bariatric Surgical Outcomes (Ali and Wolfe) 9. Dietary and Medical Therapy of Obesity (Haynes and Stumbo) 10. Health Ramifications of the Obesity Epidemic (Heber) 11. Tentatively titled: Review of the Reviews (Safadi)
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