Hypoabsorption Not Malabsorption, Hypoabsorptive Surgery and Not Malabsorptive Surgery

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I have heard numerous times at surgical and bariatric surgery meetings in which “restrictive” surgeons state that “malabsorption” has many untoward negative side effects and pommel us with this assertion. The term itself is pejorative and brings a connotation that the surgery is rendering sickness to a patient. I asked myself, is this really malabsorption? The term “mal” in French intend to say wrong or bad, while in English, perhaps, the meaning of “sick.” Wikipedia defines malabsorption as “a state arising from abnormality in absorption of food nutrients across the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. Impairment can be of single or multiple nutrients depending on the abnormality. This may lead to malnutrition and a variety of anaemias.” https://​en.​wikipedia.​org/​wiki/​Malabsorption Or medicinenet.​com defines as “poor intestinal absorption of nutrients. Malabsorption can occur from diseases that injure the bowels, such as Crohn’s disease, Whipple’s disease, celiac disease, and many others.” http://​www.​medicinenet.​com/​script/​main/​art.​asp?​articlekey=​4250. …