SURGICAL OPTIONS IN THE TREATMENT OF SEVERE OBESITY

Course overview

OBESITY IS A WORLDWIDE PANDEMIC, RESULTING IN COMORBIDITIES, SOCIOECONOMIC COSTS, AND REDUCED QUALITY OF LIFE. SEVERE OBESITY, THOSE WITH A BMI OVER 40 KG/M^2, IS AN INDICATION FOR A PATIENT TO UNDERGO BARIATRIC SURGERY. MAIN SURGICAL PROCEDURES PERFORMED HAVE ELEMENTS OF RESTRICTION, MALABSORPTION, OR A COMBINATION OF BOTH MECHANISMS. THIS ACTIVITY REVIEWS THE EVALUATION AND SURGICAL TREATMENT OF SEVERE OBESITY AND HIGHLIGHTS THE ROLE OF THE INTERPROFESSIONAL TEAM IN EVALUATING AND TREATING THIS CONDITION.