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Bariatric Surgery Complications and Management

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The World Health Organization estimates that around 650 million people worldwide are considered obese. This number is expected to rise significantly over the coming decades due to a sharp rise in childhood obesity from 4% in 1975 to 18% in 2016 [1]. With the increasing prevalence of obesity, bariatric operations are becoming common. The ASMBS estimates that 256,000 bariatric operations were performed in 2019. The breakdown of these bariatric procedures can be seen in Fig. 58.1 [2].

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  2. Department of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Stanford Digestive Health Clinic, Redwood City, CA, USA

    John O. Clarke

  3. Keck School of Medicine at USC, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    John C. Lipham

  4. Digestive Health Institute, University of California, Irvine, Orange, CA, USA

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  5. Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York City, NY, USA

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  6. Institute of Esophageal & Reflux Surgery, Englewood, CO, USA

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Pearcy, C., Teixeira, A., Ghanem, M., Zundel, N. (2023). Bariatric Surgery Complications and Management. In: Nguyen, N.T., et al. The AFS Textbook of Foregut Disease. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-19671-3_58

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