Bariatric surgery

For the right patient, procedure can be effective

Rebecca Mattison Dr Mattison is an endocrinology subspecialty fellow and Dr Jensen is professor of medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Endocrine Research Unit, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota.

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Michael D. Jensen Dr Mattison is an endocrinology subspecialty fellow and Dr Jensen is professor of medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Endocrine Research Unit, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota.

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Obesity is a chronic health problem with associated medical complications involving multiple physiologic systems. Some obese patients succeed in losing weight with traditional, nonsurgical therapies and interventions. In this article, Drs Mattison and Jensen discuss the option of bariatric surgery for those patients who have not responded to medically sound weight-loss programs and for whom the complications of obesity pose a high and ongoing risk.

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