Surgical management of obesity: what you need to know

This article summarises the available guidelines and literature on the surgical management of obesity for hospital physicians, surgeons and GPs. The focus is on appropriate referral criteria, key bariatric procedures, postoperative management and, most importantly, the complications of surgery and how to recognise them.PMID:34191569 | DOI:10.12968/hmed.2020.0579

Source: British Journal of Hospital Medicine - June 30, 2021 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: William Wakeford Aashish Ahluwalia Cynthia-Michelle Borg Source Type: research