Via practica 1/2016

Metabolic surgery – surgery of obesity

Bariatric surgery is nearly 60 years old. During this time there were more than 60 procedures invented. On the border of milenium the therm metabolic surgery was stressed because of the influence of surgery on comorbidities, especially on diabetes mellitus type 2. Standard procedures were defined. Personal and technical conditions were defined, as well. The accent on multidisciplinary approach is expressed. In the paper recent surgical procedures used in Slovakia are described. They copy the world trend.

Keywords: bariatric – metabolic surgery, surgical procedures, multidisciplinary approach