Obesity and Metabolic Surgery

This book presents the surgical therapy of obesity and metabolic  diseases in a practice-oriented and detailed way. The specific surgical  procedures with their indications, performance and risks are described  precisely in words and pictures. Special emphasis is placed on the  choice of the appropriate surgical procedure for the individual patient.  In addition to the mechanisms of action, interdisciplinary preoperative  evaluation of the patient and postoperative aftercare are explained.  Furthermore, surgical, internal and psychosomatic complications and  complication management are described. Information on obesity center  organization and alternative bariatric therapies complete the volume.

This  book is a translation of the original German 1st edition Adipositas-  und metabolische Chirurgie by Jürgen Ordemann & Ulf Elbelt,  published by Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature in  2017. The translation was done with the help of artificial intelligence  (machine translation by the service DeepL.com). A subsequent human  revision was done primarily in terms of content, so that the book will  read stylistically differently from a conventional translation. Springer  Nature works continuously to further the development of tools for the  production of books and on the related technologies to support the  authors.