OBESITY SURGERY

OBESITY SURGERY

Morbid obesity is treated by surgery due to the serious risks posed by associated diseases, the low risk of surgical intervention, and the low effectiveness of medical and dietary treatments with this degree of obesity. This surgery is indicated in patients with...
DIABETES METABOLIC SURGERY

DIABETES METABOLIC SURGERY

The association of type 2 diabetes with OVERWEIGHT- OBESITY is so consistent that has led to define the concept of DIABESITY. Obesity increases the resistance to the action of pancreatic insulin causing Type 2 diabetes. Actually, we can point the surgical technique to...
BARIATRIC AND METABOLIC SURGERY IN ADOLESCENCE

BARIATRIC AND METABOLIC SURGERY IN ADOLESCENCE

OBESITY presents really alarming figures in adolescence, due to the high prevalence (20% of children are obese), the worrying increase in recent years (it has increased by 50% since the 1980s), and the large number of associated diseases that causes – comorbidities....
REVISIONAL SURGERY

REVISIONAL SURGERY

After more than 30 years of Obesity Surgery and the evolution of surgical techniques, there are approximately 20% of patients that may fail after 5 years, regaining most of the lost weight, or relapsing some comorbidities, or both. These failures may be caused in some...
PREVIOUS REQUIREMENTS

PREVIOUS REQUIREMENTS

Age between 18 and 65 years. People aged between 14 and 18 years with parental consent, and after a personalized study of the benefits-objectives in each case, and always in the environment of ADOLESCENT SURGERY UNITS like ours. In the case of patients between 65 and...