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The effectiveness and risks of bariatric surgery: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis, 2003-2012.

Su‐Hsin Chang, C. Stoll, Jihyun Song, Jihyun Song, J. Varela, C. Eagon, Graham A Colditz

2014.3.1JAMA Surgery

DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2013.3654

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Bariatric surgery provides substantial and sustained effects on weight loss and ameliorates obesity-attributable comorbidities in the majority of bariatric patients, although risks of complication, reoperation, and death exist.

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CHANG, Su‐Hsin, et al. The effectiveness and risks of bariatric surgery: An updated systematic review and meta-analysis, 2003-2012. JAMA Surgery, 2014, 149 3: 275–87.