TY - BOOK ID - 4864249 TI - Minimally invasive bariatric and metabolic surgery : principles and technical aspects AU - Lucchese, Marcello. AU - Scopinaro, Nicola. PY - 2015 SN - 9783319153568 3319153552 9783319153551 3319153560 PB - Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Medicine & Public Health. KW - Minimally Invasive Surgery. KW - Metabolic Diseases. KW - Medicine. KW - Metabolic diseases. KW - Endoscopic surgery. KW - Médecine KW - Chirurgie endoscopique KW - Obesity -- Surgery. KW - Surgery & Anesthesiology KW - Health & Biological Sciences KW - Surgery - General and By Type KW - Obesity KW - Surgery. KW - Endosurgery KW - Minimal access surgery KW - Minimally invasive surgery KW - MIS (Minimally invasive surgery) KW - Operative endoscopy KW - Surgical endoscopy KW - Bariatric surgery KW - Weight loss surgery KW - Minimally invasive surgery. KW - Endoscopy KW - Microsurgery KW - Surgery, Operative KW - Disorders of metabolism KW - Metabolic diseases KW - Metabolic disorders KW - Metabolism, Disorders of KW - Diseases KW - Metabolism KW - Disorders. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:4864249 AB - This book explains the concept of metabolic surgery and provides step-by-step descriptions of all the principal minimally invasive surgical techniques employed to treat morbid obesity. The approach adopted is very practical. For each procedure, indications, technical aspects, clinical management, and outcomes are described, and helpful tips and tricks, highlighted. Guidance is provided on the management of emergencies and potential complications, as well as on general postoperative management and long-term follow-up. The coverage also includes new frontiers of robotic and endoscopic surgery. While the focus is on surgical techniques, emphasis is placed on the need for a multidisciplinary approach, with explanation of the role of the multidisciplinary team and the bariatric center. In addition, important information is presented on the definition of morbid and severe obesity, incidence/prevalence, pathophysiology, and obesity-related comorbidities. The authors are internationally acknowledged experts who present best practice know-how in the field and draw on the most recent research literature. ER -