[A new method of surgical treatment of morbid obesity]

The article presents results of surgical treatment of 48 patients with morbid obesity and concomitant metabolic disorders in the clinic of Faculty Surgery of the Bashkir state medical university. A new means of vertical gastroplasty is described allowing to prevent the early development of reflux-esophagatis and to reduce the number of postoperative complications. Stable reduction of the body mass was obtained in 7 patients with morbid obesity by using the method in the clinical practice.