The Surgical Treatment of Morbid Obesity: Economic, Psychosocial, Ethical, Preventive, Medical Aspects of Health Care

نویسندگان

  • Sylvia B. Wrobel
  • Ward O. Griffen
  • James W. Anderson
  • E. Berton Whitaker
  • H. Thomas Wiegert
  • Maureen Searle
  • Joseph Engelberg
چکیده

Surgical treatment of morbid, familial, juvenile-onset obesity in a 37-year-old, 260-pound, mother of three children by jejunoileal bypass was subsequently converted to gastric bypass. The resulting weight loss of 110 pounds resulted in personality changes and changes in family dynamics and was followed by divorce. Medical, psychosocial, and economic aspects of the case are discussed.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • The Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine

دوره 56  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1983