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Journal of Negative and No Positive Results
On-line version ISSN 2529-850X
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.