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European Surgery
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01.04.2013 | Editorial

Editorial

verfasst von: Prof. em. E. O. Scharnagl, MD

Erschienen in: European Surgery | Ausgabe 2/2013

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Excerpt

Surgery is one of the most effective approaches for weight reduction, among the many treatment concepts for obesity and morbid obesity that with their complex symptoms and comorbidities have reached epidemic proportions. After successful weight loss, from the medical point of view, the therapeutic aim of this treatment option must be to restore the deformed integument to a normal shape to break through the vicious circle of psychosocial disintegration of the patient. This brings to mind a remark of my predecessor, Walter Deutschmann: “If he has in fact lost weight, he should be rewarded.” That means that the misshaped skin should be restored to a normal appearance. …
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Metadaten
Titel
Editorial
verfasst von
Prof. em. E. O. Scharnagl, MD
Publikationsdatum
01.04.2013
Verlag
Springer Vienna
Erschienen in
European Surgery / Ausgabe 2/2013
Print ISSN: 1682-8631
Elektronische ISSN: 1682-4016
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10353-013-0198-8

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