Overweight and obesity has more than doubled in the last 30 years, affecting people worldwide and bringing a high morbidity, mortality, and cost of treatment of obesity-related diseases[1-2]. Bariatric surgery has bee...Overweight and obesity has more than doubled in the last 30 years, affecting people worldwide and bringing a high morbidity, mortality, and cost of treatment of obesity-related diseases[1-2]. Bariatric surgery has been the most effective way for morbidly obese patients, with a longstanding weight loss and improvement or resolution of comorbidities, which is clearly better in comparison with clinical management[3-6]. Over the last decades, there have been several technical options to treat morbid obesity surgically, and the Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) has survived the time sieve and be considered as referral procedure.展开更多
文摘Overweight and obesity has more than doubled in the last 30 years, affecting people worldwide and bringing a high morbidity, mortality, and cost of treatment of obesity-related diseases[1-2]. Bariatric surgery has been the most effective way for morbidly obese patients, with a longstanding weight loss and improvement or resolution of comorbidities, which is clearly better in comparison with clinical management[3-6]. Over the last decades, there have been several technical options to treat morbid obesity surgically, and the Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) has survived the time sieve and be considered as referral procedure.