The Great Debate: Medicine or Surgery: Abstract and Introduction

In 1991, a National Institutes of Heath expert consensus panel recommended bariatric surgery to treat obesity for informed and motivated patients with BMI >40 kg/m², or between 35 and 40 kg/m² with high-risk comorbid conditions including diabetes, in whom operative risks are acceptable.^[1] In December 2010, these guidelines were reviewed by the Gastroenterology and Urology Devices Panel of the Medical Devices Advisory Committee of the Food and Drug Administration,

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