Cirugía de la obesidad mórbida / Surgery of the morbid obesity

ABSTRACT

Surgical treatment of obesity is indicated speciallity in individuals with morbid obesity or in those with a BMI>35 Kg/m² with comorbidities. More than 30 different techniques have been described, being the most widely used those based on the restriction of gastric capacity with or without a decreased nutrient absorption in the intensive. In this paper it shown the Chilean experience with more than a hundred subjects operated with a new technique, involving a subtotal gastrectomy (95 percent) with gastroyeyuno anastomosis with circular stapler