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Salvador J
Bariatric surgery has become the most effective therapeutic option for morbid obesity (BMI > 40 or >35 with major complications). All established surgical techniques are followed by significant body weight reduction as well as clear improvement /remission of main obesity-associated comorbidities such as type 2 diabetes (DM2), dyslipidaemia, hypertension, sleep apnoea and cardiac dysfunction. Mixed restrictive-malabsorptive techniques, such as Roux-en Y-gastric bypass (...