Key result
Current expert opinions on the surgical treatment of extreme obesity vary widely, ranging from one-stage restrictive interventions to multi-component combined operations, with no uniform recommendations.
Why the study?
The prevalence of extreme obesity is increasing worldwide, but expert opinions differ and uniform treatment recommendations are lacking.
This review highlights the lack of consensus and uniform recommendations regarding the optimal bariatric surgical approach for patients with extreme obesity, emphasizing the need for further research.
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Warrants cautious individualized decisions for extreme obesity surgery; leaves open standardization via higher-level trials.
Currently, the prevalence of obesity and its extreme forms is progressively increasing throughout the world. The article presents analysis of different approaches to the surgical treatment of super and super-super obesity. The range of methods varies from one-stage restrictive interventions to the use of multi-component combined operations with long-term preoperative preparation. In general, the opinions of the experts seem to be different, so at the present time there are no uniform recommendations for treating patients with extreme obesity, the fact determining the need for further research
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Mitsinskaya et al. (2020) conducted a review in Extreme obesity (super and super-super obesity). Bariatric surgery was evaluated. Current expert opinions on the surgical treatment of extreme obesity vary widely, ranging from one-stage restrictive interventions to multi-component combined operations, with no uniform recommendations.
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