2022 American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS) and International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders (IFSO): Indications for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery

Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2022 Dec;18(12):1345-1356. doi: 10.1016/j.soard.2022.08.013. Epub 2022 Oct 21.

Abstract

Major updates to 1991 National Institutes of Health guidelines for bariatric surgery.

Keywords: ASMBS; Criteria; IFSO; Indications; Metabolic and bariatric surgery; Obesity.

MeSH terms

  • Bariatric Surgery*
  • Humans
  • Metabolic Diseases* / surgery
  • Obesity / complications
  • Obesity / surgery
  • Obesity, Morbid* / complications
  • Obesity, Morbid* / surgery
  • United States