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Surgical treatment of obesity achieves the greatest long-term weight loss compared to conservative treatment.
Practitioners should consider surgical options for patients seeking significant long-term weight loss.
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The scientific findings of the last few years show that surgical treatment of obesity not only achieves the greatest weight loss in the long term.
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Indikationsstellung in der Adipositastherapie – Surgeons first? // Indications in obesity therapy - surgeons first?
Maximilian von Heesen · Zentralblatt für Chirurgie - Zeitschrift für Allgemeine Viszeral- Thorax- und Gefäßchirurgie · 2022
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