The Future of Weight Loss Surgery
by Kent C. Sasse, M.D., MPH, FACS
 With the obesity epidemic showing very few signs of waning, weight-loss surgery and related medical treatments for obesity will become increasingly important in the years to come. Close to 200,000 weight loss surgical procedures are being performed annually in the United States. Yet there are many factors that will likely lead to a dramatic increase in the number of weight loss operations performed in the future.
Chief among these factors that will drive more overweight and obese individuals to seek surgery is the fact that weight-loss surgery is moving to the outpatient arena. In the past a limited number...Read More
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