The Globesity Challenge to General Surgery A Guide to Strategy and Techniques /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Foletto, Mirto (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Rosenthal, Raul J. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Milano : Springer Milan : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Θέματα: Medicine.; Health promotion.; Internal medicine.; Diabetes.; Primary care (Medicine).; Surgery.; Minimally invasive surgery.; Medicine & Public Health.; General Surgery.; Minimally Invasive Surgery.; Primary Care Medicine.; Health Promotion and Disease Prevention.; Internal Medicine.

The increasing prevalence of morbid obesity has led the World Health Organization to coin the descriptive term “globesity” to reflect the worldwide nature of the problem. Providing health care to these patients, especially when surgery is required, can be extremely challenging owing to the specific...