[The place of bariatric surgery in the management of obesity]

Abstract

Surgical treatment of obesity, also called "bariatric surgery", is the reference treatment for severe and morbid forms of obesity after proper multidisciplinary medical treatment has failed. However, it is only one step in the pathway of the obese patient and should only be envisaged in the framework of lifelong nutritional care.

Keywords: anneau gastrique; biliopancreatic diversion; bypass gastrique; chirurgie; dérivation bilio-pancréatique; gastric band; gastric bypass; multidisciplinarity; pluridisciplinarité; sleeve gastrectomie; sleeve gastrectomy; surgery.