Current Status of Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery in Korea
Bariatric surgery is considered to be the most effective treatment modality in maintaining long-term weight reduction and improving obesity-related conditions in morbidly obese patients. In Korea, surgery for morbid obesity was laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy first performed in 2003. Since 2003, the...
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Lenguaje: | English |
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Korean Endocrine Society
2016
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5195828/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27834081 http://dx.doi.org/10.3803/EnM.2016.31.4.525 |