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A Murine Model of Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy
Published on: December 18, 2017
[Effects of bariatric surgery on mental and social well-being]
Suoma E Saarni1, Heidi Anttila, Samuli I Saarni
1Helsingin Yliopisto, kansanterveystieteen laitos, PL 41, 00014 Helsingin yliopisto.
Abstract:
Morbid obesity is associated with severely invalidizing symptoms and a strong stigma, which restrict the management of daily life. The handicaps of morbid obesity are so severe that patients are ready to accept even inconvenient adverse effects or high risks from the treatment. Seeking antiobesity surgery is mainly done for health reasons, but is perceived to have a broad effect on functional capacity, self-image as well as on mental and social well-being. By the help of anti-obesity surgery, many patients not only gain control over eating, but also over other fields of life.
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