Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery

Importance of Topic to Practice
The surgical treatment for obesity (defined as excess fat that impairs health) is called bariatric or metabolic surgery (1). Bariatric surgery techniques involve modification of the gastrointestinal system (1,2). The techniques have common purposes by restricting the amount of food that can be eaten at one time and/or creating malabsorption through bypassing varying amounts of the upper intestine (1,2). Bariatric surgery is a tool to assist/improve weight-related