Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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3254587 | Best Practice & Research Clinical Gastroenterology | 2008 | 26 Pages |
Abstract
Morbid obesity is a chronic disease of excess fat storage, characterised by premature death and obesity-associated co-morbidities. The results of the current non-surgical treatment to treat obesity are disappointing, but surgical approaches may achieve a durable and longstanding weight loss with resolution and improvement of co-morbidities. Gastrointestinal complaints and digestive complications may, however, increase and may require an actively involved gastroenterologist.
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E.M.H. Mathus-Vliegen,