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Morbid Obesity
Researchers from Army detail findings in morbid obesity
January 13th, 2009
According to a study from the United States, "Morbid obesity has become a public health epidemic in the United States. With this epidemic, the demand for surgical intervention has led to rapid growth in the field of bariatric surgery." "Although various procedures exist, one of the procedures offered at our institution is resectional Roux-en-Y gastric bypass with incidental cholecystectomy and appendectomy. This procedure allows for pathologic assessment of otherwise normal viscera routinely removed as a part of the gastric bypass. The purpose of this study was to determine the incidence of abnormal findings of the extirpated, gallbladder, appendix. and distal stomach...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2009-01-13)
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