Research
Metabolic adaptation
Obesity surgery is indicated for patients with BMI ≥ 40 kg/m² or BMI ≥ 35 kg/m² with obesity-related comorbidities.
Practitioners should consider obesity surgery for patients meeting these BMI criteria and with relevant comorbidities.
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These interventions are superior to conservative treatments and are indicated when optimal non-surgical multimodal treatment has been tried without benefit, in patients with BMI ≥ 40 kg/m², or else in patients with BMI ≥ 35 kg/m² who also have one or more of the accompanying illnesses that are associated with obesity.
Why this rating
Based on systematic literature search and expert consensus.
Source
Obesity Surgery and the Treatment of Metabolic Diseases
Arne Dietrich et al. · Deutsches Ärzteblatt international · 2018
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