This operation primer provides excellent photographic step-by-step guidance to this surgical procedure. This operation primer will provide surgeons with a reliable and systematic approach to performing Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy.
Obesity is a complex condition with serious social and psychological dimensions that affects virtually all age and socioeconomic groups and threatens to overwhelm both developed and developing countries. In 1995 there were an estimated 200 million obese adults worldwide and another 18 million children under the age of 5 that were classified as overweight. As of 2000 the number of obese adults has increased to over 300 million. Contrary to common expectations, the obesity epidemic is not restricted to industrialized societies. It is estimated that in developing countries over 115 million people suffer from obesity-related problems. As commonly known, obesity surgery is the only effective strategy to treat severely obese patients. Obesity treatment should be individually tailored, and all crucial factors, such as sex, the degree of obesity, individual health risks as well as psychobehavioral and metabolic characteristics, should be taken into account. In this supplemental issue of Obesity Facts you will find an overview of articles based on the sessions of the «6th Frankfurt Meeting for Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders» which many experts in the field participated in. This publication therefore offers a comprehensive overview of the latest advances, breakthroughs and novelties in the minimally invasive treatment of this fatal modern-age epidemic.
Magenband, Magenbypass und Magenschrittmacher
Die Adipositas entwickelt sich weltweit zu einem ernsthaften Gesundheitsproblem. Die operative Behandlung der Adipositas hat sich in den letzten Jahrzehnten mit gutem Erfolg durchgesetzt und nimmt exponentiell zu. Erstmals wird mit dem vorliegenden Buch eine Übersicht über den aktuellen Stand dieses Teilgebietes der Chirurgie in deutscher Sprache gegeben. Es erläutert alle wichtigen Aspekte der Patientenauswahl, gibt einen Überblick über die vorhandene Methodenvielfalt der Operationstechniken und vermittelt das richtige Management von Komplikationen und in der Nachbetreuung. Dieses Buch ist ein Nachschlagewerk nicht nur für Chirurgen, sondern für alle Ärzte, die sich mit der Behandlung der Adipositas beschäftigen.