Official Guidelines for Bariatric Surgery
Three major surgical societies have issued guidelines for the performance of bariatric procedures. All these guidelines are based on the original NIH or National Institutes of Health 1991 Consensus on bariatric surgery.
The following links will open the official surgical guidelines.
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2004 ASBMS Bariatric Surgery Consensus |
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American College of Surgeons |
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American Society of Bariatric and Metabolic Surgeons |
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Society of American Gastro-intestinal Endoscopic Surgeons |