History and prospect of bariatric surgery / 中华消化外科杂志

ABSTRACT

With the coming of obesity epidemic and the development of mini-invasive bariatric surgery,we have entered an era where bariatric surgery growing in an exponential way and becoming an independent surgical division.Bariatric surgery is not only the single effective treatment for morbid obese patients (BMI ＞ 35 kg/m2),but also transforming into metabolic surgery for the treatment of not well controlled type 2 diabetes in obese patients with BMI ＜ 35 kg/m2.The type of bariatric procedure had changed a lot in the past decades.Current bariatric surgery is not only very safe but also very effective.Many new metabolic surgeries and procedures have also been developed and a great break-through in diabetes treatment is expected in the future.Bariatric/Metabolic surgical division is a consequence of the rapid growing bariatric surgeries.An independent Bariatric/Metabolic surgical division may focus on a high quality bariatric surgical service,provide the education and training of bariatric surgeons,and help in research and development of this field.As obesity and associated diabete is becoming the most important health issue in the modern world,a continuing development of Bariatric/Metabolic surgery is expecting.