Jirapinyo, Pichamol;
Hadefi, Alia;
Thompson, Christopher C;
Patai, Árpád V;
Pannala, Rahul;
Goelder, Stefan K;
Kushnir, Vladimir;
Barthet, Marc;
Apovian, Caroline M;
Boskoski, Ivo;
Davidson, Paul;
Donatelli, Gianfranco;
Kumbhari, Vivek;
Hayee, Bu;
Esker, Janelle;
Hucl, Tomas;
Pryor, Aurora D;
Maselli, Roberta;
Schulman, Allison R;
Pattou, Francois;
Zelber-Sagi, Shira;
Bain, Paul A;
Durieux, Valérie;
Triantafyllou, Konstantinos;
Thosani, Nirav;
Huberty, Vincent;
Sullivan, Shelby.
This joint ASGE-ESGE guideline provides an evidence-based summary and recommendations regarding the role of endoscopic bariatric and metabolic therapies (EBMTs) in the management of obesity. The document was developed using the Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) fr...
Según la Organización Mundial de la Salud, la obesidad se define como una acumulación excesiva de
grasa corporal (1), que tiene una estrecha relación con la aparición o complicación de enfermedades
crónicas como la diabetes, enfermedades cardiovasculares, y el cáncer (2).
En la actualidad, la obe...
Criteria for selection of appropriate candidates for bariatric surgery have been established to minimize surgical complications and to maximize the benefit of these important and limited procedures.
The preoperative workup should evaluate a patient’s medical, nutritional, mental and functional health...
Bariatric surgery should be considered for patients with severe obesity (body mass index (BMI) ≥ 35 kg/m2) and obesity-related diseases, or BMI ≥ 40 kg/m2 without obesity-related diseases.
Bariatric surgery could be considered for patients with obesity (BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2) with severe obesity-related d...
