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Current Indication

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The National Institutes of Health (NIH) criteria for patient selection for gastrointestinal surgery for severe obesity were developed in 1991 at a consensus conference involving expert surgeons, gastroenterologists, endocrinologists, psychiatrists, nutritionists and other health-care professionals, as well as the public. After weighing the evidence, the panel made the following recommendations:

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  1. Head of Obesity and Diabetes Research Unit, Weight Loss and Metabolic Surgery Center, Yotsuya Medical Cube, Tokyo, Japan

    Yosuke Seki MD

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  1. Department of Surgery, Gangnam Severance Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South Korea)

    Seung Ho Choi

  2. Weight loss and metabolic surgery center, Yotsuya Medical Cube, Tokyo, Japan

    Kazunori Kasama

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Seki, Y. (2014). Current Indication. In: Choi, S., Kasama, K. (eds) Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-35591-2_4

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