Is the Insurance Requirement for Supervised Weight Loss Prior to Bariatric Surgery an Ethical Strategy to Prevent Non-compliant Patients from Undergoing Surgery?

Autor:	Scott A. Shikora, Colston Edgerton
Rok vydání:	2020
Předmět:	medicine.medical_specialty business.industry Physiologic Factors Sleep apnea Type 2 diabetes Severe obesity medicine.disease Surgery Morbid obesity Weight loss Hyperlipidemia medicine medicine.symptom business
Zdroj:	Difficult Decisions in Surgery: An Evidence-Based Approach ISBN: 9783030553289
DOI:	10.1007/978-3-030-55329-6_17
Popis:	Bariatric surgery has evolved into an efficacious and safe option for the treatment of severe obesity with relatively low morbidity and mortality. The weight loss achieved, along with other physiologic factors unique to these procedures, result in the improvement (and even remission) of a number of obesity-associated diseases such as type 2 diabetes, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and sleep apnea.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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