Preface

Salman Al-Sabah; Ali Aminian; Luigi Angrisani; Eliana Al Haddad; Lilian Kow

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-57373-7

Preface

Salman Al-Sabah, Ali Aminian, Luigi Angrisani, Eliana Al Haddad, Lilian Kow

College of Medicine and Public Health

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Abstract

The prevalence of obesity is on a continuous rise worldwide, with an estimate of at least 1.9 billion adults (39%) considered as overweight and 600 million (13%) classified as obese in the year 2014. With it, this has brought a concomitant increase in the number of bariatric surgeries performed, with laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) becoming the most performed bariatric procedure as of 2014. This raise in the popularity of the LSG procedure has been attributed to its relative surgical simplicity, low complication rate, significant improvement in comorbidities, and evident weight loss.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy
Editors	Salman Al-Sabah, Ali Aminian, Luigi Angrisani, Eliana Al Haddad, Lilian Kow
Place of Publication	Cham, Switzerland
Publisher	Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Pages	vii-viii
Number of pages	2
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-030-57373-7
ISBN (Print)	978-3-030-57372-0
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-57373-7
Publication status	Published - Jan 2021

Keywords

Weight loss options
LSG benefits
LSG risks
The sleeve diet
Gastroesophageal reflux disease
Dealing with obesity

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