A renaissance for cardio-metabolic surgery: better outcomes and lower costs?

Not too long ago surgeons routinely treated metabolic problems including hypertension, hyperlipidaemia and obesity. However, these areas declined as drug therapies became available and surgical approaches lost favour due to high rates of perceived complications. Recently, there has been the start of...

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Veröffentlicht in:	International journal of clinical practice (Esher) 2011-07, Vol.65 (7), p.728-732
Hauptverfasser:	Wierzbicki, A. S., Hubbard, J. G. H., Botha, A. J.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Bariatric Surgery - methods Biliopancreatic Diversion - methods Biological and medical sciences Catheter Ablation - methods Clinical outcomes Denervation - methods Drug Resistance General aspects Humans Hyperlipidemias - drug therapy Hyperlipidemias - surgery Hypertension Hypertension - drug therapy Hypertension - surgery Implantable Neurostimulators Jejunoileal Bypass - methods Laparoscopy - methods Medical sciences Metabolic disorders Miscellaneous Obesity, Morbid - drug therapy Obesity, Morbid - surgery Pressoreceptors - physiology Public health. Hygiene Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine Surgery Treatment Outcome
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Zusammenfassung:	Not too long ago surgeons routinely treated metabolic problems including hypertension, hyperlipidaemia and obesity. However, these areas declined as drug therapies became available and surgical approaches lost favour due to high rates of perceived complications. Recently, there has been the start of a renaissance of surgical approaches to the management of these metabolic problems.
ISSN:	1368-5031 1742-1241
DOI:	10.1111/j.1742-1241.2011.02696.x