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Published in: Obesity Surgery 3/2015

01-03-2015 | Other

Revisional Metabolic/Bariatric Surgery: a Moral Obligation

Author: Henry Buchwald

Published in: Obesity Surgery | Issue 3/2015

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Abstract

Revisional metabolic/bariatric surgery is a moral obligation; for not to perform revisional surgery is a denial of the precepts of our discipline and an abandonment of the underprivileged population who has placed its trust and future in our hands.
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Metadata
Title
Revisional Metabolic/Bariatric Surgery: a Moral Obligation
Author
Henry Buchwald
Publication date
01-03-2015
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Obesity Surgery / Issue 3/2015
Print ISSN: 0960-8923
Electronic ISSN: 1708-0428
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11695-014-1458-9

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