Bariatric surgery and renal function: a precarious balance between benefit and harm

Medical treatment of obesity and lifestyle modification have limited effectiveness in treating it in morbidly obese individuals. Importantly, bariatric surgery is regarded as the only therapy that is effective in maintaining significant weight loss in morbidly obese individuals. Despite the fact tha...

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Main Authors: Ahmed, Mohamed H. (Author), Byrne, Christopher D. (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2010-10.
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