Morbid Obesity Is morbid obesity the "civilisation" disorder of our time?
In the past, obesity was often viewed as a possible glandular disorder. Nowadays, however, professionals frequently attempt to attribute the origins of obesity to self-inflicted excess calorie intake, which the affected persons themselves have caused due to their extreme lack of self-control.
On the following pages, we provide information to help you understand the sources of the disease and how various aspects of being overweight are interrelated.
We explain the treatment methods (gastric banding and stomach by-pass) and their effects along with a general overviewof the surgical procedure. We also describe the potential complications that can occur and explain the relevant interdependencies.
Surgical treatment of morbid obesity is appropriate only in certain cases.
The animation on the right shows the progress of a patient after implantation of a gastric band with very positive results.
To start out, there is a questionnaire to determine whether you might be a candidate for a weight-reduction operation. The table of contents will help you find the answers to your specific questions quickly.
We would like to take this opportunity to express our sincere thanks once again to the Clinic for Surgery at the Canton Hospital of St.Gallen for providing us with the following pages. For further medical information, please refer to the website of the Clinic for Surgery at the Canton Hospital of St.Gallen.