Methods of surgical treatment
History is littered with unsuccessful procedures intended to cause weight loss:
No further surgical treatment of obesity has apparently been attempted since the tragical fate of a German Duke who in order to get leaner had the fat cut away by a Doctor in Upper Italy, and naturally succumbed to the operation (manuscript communication from Professor Dr DeLagarde 23 February 1882)
Other obsolete methods of surgery include jejunoileal bypass and jaw wiring, both of which are described later in this chapter.
There are two commonly used categories of bariatric surgery – restrictive and malabsorptive – and these are used either alone or in combination. More recently, implantable gastric pacing devices have been introduced.
Surgical treatment of obesity is a vital facet of weight management and, in many, patients is the only effective method for losing weight. As in every other branch of surgery there have been massive technological advances in surgical procedures, resulting in safer, better and cheaper operations. The surgical option is limited to a few extremely obese people but for such patients it is an important means of significant long-term weight loss, and a huge improvement in health and quality of life.
History is littered with unsuccessful procedures intended to cause weight loss:
No further surgical treatment of obesity has apparently been attempted since the tragical fate of a German Duke who in order to get leaner had the fat cut away by a Doctor in Upper Italy, and naturally succumbed to the operation (manuscript communication from Professor Dr DeLagarde 23 February 1882)
Other obsolete methods of surgery include jejunoileal bypass and jaw wiring, both of which are described later in this chapter.
There are two commonly used categories of bariatric surgery – restrictive and malabsorptive – and these are used either alone or in combination. More recently, implantable gastric pacing devices have been introduced.
Surgical treatment of obesity is a vital facet of weight management and, in many, patients is the only effective method for losing weight. As in every other branch of surgery there have been massive technological advances in surgical procedures, resulting in safer, better and cheaper operations. The surgical option is limited to a few extremely obese people but for such patients it is an important means of significant long-term weight loss, and a huge improvement in health and quality of life.
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