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Bariatric surgery has proven to be the most effective long-term treatment for morbid obesity. However, only a very small fraction of all potential candidates undergo surgery, mainly because of the invasiveness and the perioperative risks and complications that the procedure entails. Moreover, there is no effective option yet for those patients who do not qualify for bariatric surgery but still need a treatment for morbid obesity. It is no coincidence that the resurgence and rapid evolution of bariatric surgery coincided with the introduction of the laparoscopic approach and the adjustable gastric band, showing that the less, the better. |
