Abstract

BALTASAR, Aniceto; BOU, Rafael; BENGOCHEA, Marcelo  and  PEREZ, Nieves. Beginnings of bariatric and metabolic surgery in Spain. JONNPR [online]. 2020, vol.5, n.4, pp.448-467.  Epub Oct 13, 2020. ISSN 2529-850X.  https://dx.doi.org/10.19230/jonnpr.3324.

Bariatric surgery (BS) from the Greek bari = weight and iatrein = cure) treats obesity and began in Spain in 1973. Its greatest development occurs after the founding of SECO (Spanish Society of Obesity Surgery) in 1997. The purpose of this work is to reflect the changes that have occurred in these 22 years.

Keywords : Morbid obesity; Bariatric surgery; SECO.

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