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Innovative Bariatric Procedures and Ethics in Bariatric Surgery: the IFSO Position Statement

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With the rise in obesity and bariatric procedures worldwide, there has been a surge in new and innovative procedures that has been increasingly offered to patients. In this position statement, IFSO highlights the importance of surgical ethics in innovation and when offering new procedures. Furthermore, the task force reviewed the current literature to describe which procedures can be offered as mainstream outside research protocols versus those that are still investigational and need further data.

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  1. Minimally Invasive & Bariatric Surgery, Gastrointestinal Bariatric and Metabolic Center (GBMC), Jordan Hospital, Amman, Jordan

    Ashraf Haddad

  2. Flinders University, Bedford Park, South Australia, Australia

    Lilian Kow

  3. Endocrine and Bariatric Surgery, UNAM at INCMNSZ, Mexico City, México

    Miguel F. Herrera

  4. The Centre for the Treatment of Obesity and Diabetes Hospital Oswaldo Cruz, Sao Paulo, Brazil

    Ricardo V. Cohen

  5. Delta CHIREC Hospital, Brussels, Belgium

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  6. Research School NUTRIM and Department of Surgery Zuyderland Medical Center, Maastricht University Medical Center, Heerlen, the Netherlands

    Jan Willem Greve

  7. Center for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

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Haddad, A., Kow, L., Herrera, M.F. et al. Innovative Bariatric Procedures and Ethics in Bariatric Surgery: the IFSO Position Statement. OBES SURG 32, 3217–3230 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11695-022-06220-8

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