The Globesity Challenge to General Surgery

A Guide to Strategy and Techniques

By: Mirto Foletto (Editor), Raul J. Rosenthal (Editor)

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Hardcover | 6 May 2014

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262 Pages

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The increasing prevalence of morbid obesity has led the World Health Organization to coin the descriptive term "globesity" to reflect the worldwide nature of the problem. Providing health care to these patients, especially when surgery is required, can be extremely challenging owing to the specific needs in respect of logistics, facilities, and professional expertise. Appropriate care has to date often been unachievable and unaffordable outside of established bariatric centers, but such centers themselves usually have insufficient capacity and resources to cope with the demand among the general population. This book therefore provides a wealth of guidance and helpful tips and tricks on how to deal with obese patients within a general surgery setting. Importantly, it highlights the need for global rethinking on public health as regards resource allocation and patterns and standards of care, with the ultimate goal of improving outcomes through greater affordability.

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"This is a prime mover in a field where the unique experience of multidisciplinary specialists in bariatric surgery is distilled for application in general surgery (and medicine in general) at a time when the problem of obesity is assuming global proportions. ... The audience includes general surgeons, anesthesiologists, nurses, dietitians, psychologists, and hospital administrators." (Isaac Samuel, Doody's Book Reviews, October, 2014)

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