Metabolic (Bariatric) Surgery in Canada: a new concept
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Bariatric surgery in Canada: a focus on day surgery procedures.
Given the rise in obesity rates, increasing capacity for bariatric surgery has become a focus for some provincial planners. Four types of bariatric procedures are now performed in Canada; however, funding for the procedures varies by jurisdiction. This article provides an update to our previous article documenting the volume of in-patient bariatric procedures but focuses on the extent to which ...
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Obesity has gained prominence as a main cause of preventable illness and death in the developed world. Surgical therapy for obesity is extremely effective in terms of weight reduction and amelioration of comorbidities. Bariatric procedures are not simply cosmetic operations, however, and involve considerable manipulation of the gastrointestinal tract to induce weight loss. The metabolic consequ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Canadian Journal of Diabetes
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1499-2671
DOI: 10.1016/s1499-2671(11)52004-0